Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer – Java / Spring Boot / AWS (4–6 years) 

About the Role 

You will contribute to building and enhancing microservices using Java/Spring Boot deployed on AWS. The role focuses on backend development, testing, production stability, and collaboration across engineering and functional teams. 

Required Skills 

• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservice fundamentals. 

• Experience with core AWS services (API Gateway, ECS/EKS, Lambda, or CloudWatch). 

• Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and SQL. 

• Hands‑on experience with JUnit/Mockito and CI/CD workflows. 

• Experience using GitHub Copilot or similar AI tools for development productivity. 

• Basic familiarity with API Gateway, event streaming (Kafka), or rules engines (Drools/Blaze). 

• Understanding of Docker or Kubernetes concepts. 

• Exposure to application monitoring tools like Splunk/CloudWatch/ArgoCD 

• Experience with tools – Postman, Sonarqube 

Responsibilities 

• Translate user stories into clean, maintainable code using Java and Spring Boot. 

• Participate in design discussions, propose technical solutions, and evaluate trade‑offs. 

• Build microservices with proper validation, logging, exception handling, and performance hygiene. 

• Assist with database modeling, writing queries, and creating tables, functions, or stored procedures. 

• Write unit tests and participate actively in peer code reviews. 

• Support UAT by clarifying requirements, reproducing issues, and validating fixes. 

• Contribute to production issue troubleshooting with logs, metrics, and dashboards. 

• Maintain Jira stories, documentation, and API specifications. 

• Use AI tools like GitHub Copilot to speed up coding, testing, refactoring, and documentation. 

• Demonstrate strong communication, learning mindset, reliability, and collaboration 

Qualifications 

• 4–6 years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.