Senior Java Developer

SUMMARY:
🚀 Seeking a Senior Back-End Developer, with experience in software engineering, for a hybrid role based in Centurion.

POSITION INFO:
Join a mission-driven team building scalable cloud-native platforms and contributing to high-impact work, with a focus on clean architecture, mentorship, and continuous innovation.

Non-negotiable: 5+ years in Java back-end, with strong AWS and Spring Boot experience.

📌 Qualifications:

• Essential: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Desirable: AWS Certifications, Oracle Certified Associate – Java (OCA)

• Experience:
  
  • 5+ years back-end development experience
  • Hands-on Java and Spring Boot skills in production environments
  • Relational database experience (MySQL)
  • RESTful API development
  • AWS cloud services: Lambda, RDS, ECS, and S3
  • Version control (Git)
  • Agile methodologies: Scrum/Kanban
• Desirable:
  
  • Containerization (Docker)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Terraform for infrastructure as code
  • Atlassian stack: Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket
  • Front-end familiarity (React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS)
  • Hibernate and Lombok

• Design & Architecture (10%):
  
  • Develop scalable, performant back-end, cloud, and DB architecture
  • Participate in code reviews, focusing on system design
• Back-End Development (40%):
  
  • Write and refactor high-quality, efficient Java code
  • Resolve bugs and reduce tech debt
  • Participate in story planning and Agile sprints
• Testing (10%):
  
  • Write and maintain unit tests
  • Assist with manual testing and ensure test coverage
• DevOps & Deployment (15%):
  
  • Maintain build scripts and automation, and deploy releases on AWS
  • Monitor production environments and resolve cloud-based issues
• Documentation (10%):
  
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation for systems, APIs, and logic
• Leadership & Mentorship (10%):
  
  • Guide team members on best practices
  • Contribute to code reviews, story estimations, and training
• R&D / Business Delivery (5%):
  
  • Stay up to date with trends
  • Identify delivery risks
  • Suggest technical improvements or initiatives