Software Development Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deliver enterprise-scale distributed systems using microservices architecture.

• Apply strong expertise across application, infrastructure, and security architecture with focus on scalability, resilience, and high availability.

• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to gather technical requirements and translate them into effective solution designs.

• Define, enforce, and promote architecture standards, coding best practices, and microservices design patterns.

• Lead the development of reusable tools, frameworks, and accelerators to improve software delivery efficiency and quality.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend cost-effective, scalable, and compatible solutions.

• Drive continuous platform and system improvements to support evolving business and customer needs.

• Identify architectural risks and dependencies, propose mitigation strategies, and ensure solution robustness.

• Optimize systems for performance, maintainability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in solution architecture, backend integration, and application development.

• Strong hands-on expertise in Java/J2EE with deep knowledge of the Spring Boot framework.

• Proven experience with SOA, RESTful APIs, SOAP services, and microservices architecture.

• Strong proficiency in Core Java (Java 8+), Spring Framework, JUnit, and Cucumber.

• Solid understanding of design patterns, clean code principles, and scalable system design.

• Practical experience with messaging platforms and event-driven architectures.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with API Management platforms and Swagger / OpenAPI specifications.

• Hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes-based deployment pipelines for Java microservices.

• Understanding of OAuth, secure coding practices, and PCI compliance requirements.

• Experience with MSSQL, including data modelling, query optimisation, and performance tuning.

Core Technical Competencies

Languages & Frameworks

• Java / J2EE

• Core Java (8+)

• Spring Framework, Spring Boot

Architecture & Integration

• Microservices Architecture

• SOA

• REST & SOAP Services

Messaging & Event Processing

• MQ

• JMS

• Kafka

Testing & Quality

• JUnit

• Cucumber

Additional Technologies

• API Management Platforms

• Kubernetes

• Swagger / OpenAPI

• OAuth & Security Standards

• MSSQL