Senior Java Software Engineer

Blue Spire Incis seeking highly skilled and experienced Sr. Java Spring boot API Developers to join our existing team on a transformational initiative for our financial client. You will work alongside a group of talented engineers that will produce disruptive products / platforms that will ensure Customers & Colleagues success and help accelerate Citizens’ market leadership.Our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible and we’re proud to transform the way we service our customers. When you join Blue Spire Inc, you become part of a diverse community, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued.Key Responsibilities: Designing, modifying, developing, and implementing technology solutions. Building modern, architecturally sound components, tools, and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals. Apply Event-Driven Architecture using Kafka to build reliable, scalable, and decoupled systems. Produce architectural, technical diagrams and other specifications for the use cases. Take the API first approach to all development and develop the code. Solid understanding of API design principles, OAuth, JWT, and API security best practices. Implement API security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms. Collaborate with front-end and mobile developers to integrate APIs and ensure seamless functionality across platforms. Optimize API performance and ensure high availability. Produce unit and automation test coverage. Participating in code and design reviews with network, infrastructure and solutions engineering teams to ensure that solutions meet current enterprise standards. Take ownership ­­­and responsibility for the quality of the code from development to production. Adhere to best practices and collaborate effectively with your teammates.Qualifications: 5+ years of software engineering work experience in developing integrated and secure enterprise or web-based applications using Java/J2EE. Strong expertise inSpring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka) . Excellent understanding of multiple programming languages, frameworks, and databases Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environment (Jenkins, Bit Bucket) and their frameworks. Contributes to design, development, troubleshooting, debugging, evaluating, modifying, deploying, and documenting software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications Understanding of writing, documenting, and building REST APIs Familiar with how to write complex SQL queries Experience with collecting requirements, creating software designs and developing efficient implementations Familiarity with full-stack development Function as an active member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation) Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation Support and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments Explores new automation techniques to refine the agility, speed and quality of engineering initiatives and efforts Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided. Takes part in reviews of own work and handles work efficiently. Knowledge of Cloud and passion for learning new technologies, industry trends and deep technical curiosity Demonstrated ability to operate in a team environment, strong interpersonal and communication skillsEducation and CertificationsRequired: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline