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Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs / Microservices for high availability and performance.
- Collaborate with front-end developers, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Work with databases (SQL/NoSQL) for data modeling, queries, and optimization.
- Implement security, authentication, and authorization best practices (OAuth2, JWT, etc.).
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
- Debug and troubleshoot production issues, ensuring application reliability.
- Participate in code reviews, agile ceremonies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- 3 8 years of backend development experience (depending on role level).
- Strong proficiency in Java (8/11/17) and Spring/Spring Boot.
- Experience with REST APIs, Microservices architecture, and API Gateway.
- Hands-on with databases MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MongoDB.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform).
- Experience in CI/CD pipelines, Git, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus.
- Knowledge of messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ) preferred.
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and OOP principles.
- Exposure to Reactive Programming (Spring WebFlux, RxJava).
- Experience with GraphQL.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices & monitoring tools (Prometheus, ELK, Grafana).
