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Job Overview

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities.

About the Role
We're looking for a Java Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, high-performance services. You'll work closely with product, QA, and frontend teams, and take ownership of features from design to production.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices using Java and Spring Boot
Write clean, testable, maintainable code following SOLID and design-pattern best practices
Build event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ
Design database schemas, optimize queries, and manage data access layers
Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and design reviews
Own deployments, monitoring, and production issue resolution
Mentor junior developers and contribute to engineering standards
Collaborate with frontend teams on API contracts and integration

Required Skills (Backend)

Strong Java (8/11/17+): collections, concurrency, streams, lambdas, JVM internals and GC tuning
Spring ecosystem: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Spring Cloud
Hibernate/JPA and MyBatis
Microservices architecture: service discovery, API gateway, circuit breakers (Resilience4j), config management
REST API design, OpenAPI/Swagger; exposure to GraphQL and gRPC
Databases: MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle (strong SQL, indexing, transactions) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB)
Caching: Redis or Memcached
Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ, or ActiveMQ
Authentication and authorization: OAuth2, JWT, SSO, role-based access
Testing: JUnit, Mockito, integration testing (Testcontainers), TDD awareness

DevOps and Cloud

Maven or Gradle, Git, CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
Docker and Kubernetes
Cloud experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP
Logging and monitoring: ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog
Basic understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Good to Have (Frontend and Other)

Working knowledge of React.js, Angular, or Vue.js
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript basics
Understanding of how APIs are consumed by SPAs (CORS, state handling, pagination)
Node.js exposure
Experience with Agile/Scrum, Jira, and Confluence
Domain knowledge in BFSI, e-commerce, or similar
Performance testing (JMeter, Gatling) and security practices (OWASP Top 10)

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
Clear written and verbal communication
Ownership mindset and ability to work independently
Comfortable mentoring and collaborating across teams

Education:

• Bachelors degree/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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