Java Backend Developer

Job Description What you will do: - You will develop a deep understanding of appropriate data & software components including conceptual data models, data flows, entity relationships, specifications, audit controls, exception and error handling, security, etc. - You create and execute test plans/cases based on requirements and design specifications - Support the development of high-quality software within a scrum team - Contribute to code quality through maintaining high quality software development standards - Support technical design decisions through validation of technical approaches and prototyping of new concepts - Support team members to ensure successful sprint outcomes - Raising technical, security, delivery, and performance risks - Be part of and help promote our DevOps culture - Identify and implement continuous improvements to the development practice - Understand the existing processing architecture and provide high level design and technical solution for the new change request and project - Coordinate and work with offshore team for all deliverables and this will include peer review, proper documentation, and installation. What you will need to have: - Strong client-facing skills and experience - Good understanding of software development patterns, object-oriented design principles, and coding techniques - 5+ years of practical experience in JAVA/J2EE, Linux, Spring, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, EJB. - Experience working with cloud technology Azure, OpenShift, AWS, Docker etc. - Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline or equivalent work experience. - 5+ years of experience with full stack technologies like Java/J2EE, React or Angular, Spring Boot, OpenShift, producing & consuming REST API's. - 3 - 10 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing software applications and hands on experience with large scale applications at large institutions. What would be great to have - Experience in Agile Software Development methodologies including Scrum. - Snowflake development experience. - Can-do attitude with a delivery focus. - Practical experience with the end-to-end DevOps CI/CD pipeline including one or more of the following: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Maven, Gitlab, SonarQube. - Knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and/or Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).