Back End Developer

About the Role

We are seeking highly skilled Back End Developers to join our dynamic, multi-disciplinary project team. You will work closely with front-end developers, DevOps engineers, business analysts, interaction designers, user researchers, product managers, and test teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure digital services.

You will be embedded in a collaborative environment, solving complex problems, integrating enterprise systems, and driving best practices in modern back-end development.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back-end applications and microservices using Java 11 & 17 with dependency injection.
• Build asynchronous RESTful APIs using Spring Boot.
• Integrate with legacy and third-party systems using asynchronous and synchronous messaging patterns, including JMS and pub-sub channels.
• Apply Domain Driven Design (DDD) principles for scalable and maintainable architectures.
• Implement persistence layers using Hibernate and manage RDBMS transactions ensuring ACID compliance.
• Develop and execute automated tests with JUnit and Mockito following a test-driven development (TDD) approach.
• Use Git and pull-request workflows for version control and code reviews.
• Work with Maven builds and consume CI/CD pipelines, analysing reports from tools like Checkstyle, PMD, Clover, and SonarQube.
• Manage database changes using Liquibase.
• Collaborate within agile methodologies to meet user needs.
• Operate confidently in AWS or similar cloud environments.
• Use UNIX command-line tools for development and deployment tasks.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong Java development skills (Java 11 & 17).
• Proven experience with Spring Boot for REST API development.
• Expertise in asynchronous microservices and enterprise messaging systems.
• Familiarity with DDD, ORM (Hibernate), and relational database concepts.
• Strong cloud experience (AWS or equivalent).
• Automated testing (JUnit, Mockito) and TDD expertise.
• Source control with Git and PR-based review flows.
• CI/CD experience with Maven and static code analysis tools.
• Agile team experience, working in cross-functional environments.
• Familiarity with Liquibase for database version control.
• UNIX command-line proficiency.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Knowledge of Spring Batch.
• Experience with Rules Engines (e.g., Drools).
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.