Sr. Java Application Developer

Job Description

• Works with product Managers/Owners to define the scope of the PI features and estimate the T-Shirt size for level of effort.
• Works with App architects and Engineering leads in the solution for feature implementation.
• Works with Application clients and external teams like infra, devops, SRE, Tier 1/2 support for dependencies in feature delivery and maintenance and support of the microservices owned by the team.
• Develops code to implement new features to support application clients. This includes development of new microservices, database tables to store data, caching of data to improve performance of applications and APIs, messaging systems for interactions between applications, etc.
• The developer also implements unit tests and functional tests to ensure high quality code is delivered.
• Works with release management for the release of the microservices owned by the development team. The activities include creating release pipelines, deploying release candidates in non-production environments, testing the application functionalities, coordinating release activities with devops, infra and support team.
• Provides the communications to management and stake holders regarding the various initiatives that the development team is working on, solution design and implementation details for various features in Java applications.
  
  

Qualifications

• Requires 8 years of experience in developing Java applications.
• Requires 5 years of experience in developing backend web applications.
• Expert in Java (11 ) programming language, Spring Framework & Libraries, and Spock Unit testing
• Very good understanding of Cassandra database for large volumes of data.
• Good understanding of Cassandra table design and query patterns
• Very good understanding of Apache Kafka for asynchronous message processing
• Proven development experience supporting large volume, low latency transactions
• Good knowledge of Azure Cloud environments, Kubernetes, Docker, Git
  
  

Benefits

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.

Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.