Sr Backend Developer - Java

Key Responsibilities:

• Stay up to date with emerging technology and learn new technologies/libraries/frameworks
• Learn and partner with peers across multiple disciplines
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture
• Write clean, scalable code using Java programming languages
• Test and deploy applications and systems
• Revise, update, refactor and debug code
• Improve existing software
• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Serve as an expert on applications and provide technical support

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience building modern, distributed web applications. This experience should have a focus on microservice architecture and include tasks such as API design
• 8+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (design patterns, reliability, scaling) of new and existing software 
• Familiarity with RESTful API’s knowledge & modern authorization mechanisms like JWT, OAuth
• 8+ years of Solid foundation and understanding of relational and NoSQL database principles
• 7+ years of experience using CI-CD tools for containerized deployments and cloud architecture
• 7+ years of Experience with Micro-Services or SOA Architecture and a variety of design patterns
• Familiarity with Queues/Topics (pub/sub), Kafka or other data-streaming frameworks
• Demonstrated ability as a reliable developer on complex projects with a track record of successful delivery to production  
• Strong desire to be hands-on in code and to learn and work with new technology on the fly  
• Experience working in an agile development environment, and experience with git and GitHub  
• Experience collaborating across disciplines and communicating with non-technical team members  
• Knowledge of Azure, AWS or similar cloud computing platforms (Azure preferred)  
• Bonus Skills:
•         Familiarity with Jenkins Pipeline, AWS Cloud Formation Deployments, AWS/Azure Certifications
•         Knowledge of constructing PostgreSQL or Mongo query strings and fine-tuning them for performance
•         Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js)
•         Development experience with Docker and / or Kubernetes