Job Description:

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable Java-based applications and microservices.
• Review and analyse Jira user stories and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Collaborate closely with Business Analysts to refine and elaborate requirements.
• Work alongside Testers to ensure solutions are thoroughly tested and meet quality standards.
• Develop RESTful APIs and integrate with internal and external systems.
• Contribute to system design, code reviews, and technical discussions.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and AWS tooling.
• Ensure applications are developed in line with coding standards, security requirements, and best practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation within Confluence.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across development processes, tooling, and code quality.

Essential Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• 8+ years of Java development experience.
• Strong experience with Java 17+.
• Spring Boot.
• Spring Data JPA / Hibernate.
• Microservices architecture.
• REST API development and integration.
• PostgreSQL or similar relational database technologies.
• Docker containerisation.
• AWS cloud platforms and services.
• Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Maven.
• JUnit and automated testing frameworks.
• Git source control.
• Agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Jira and Confluence.