Java Web Backend Engineer

We are seeking a Java Web Backend Engineer, with experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable SaaS applications using Java/J2EE technologies.

The ideal candidate will be a tech enthusiast, driven by excellence and keen to grow into a leader of a group of talented engineers. 

You will be a part of a self managed Agile team, improve the development process, bring new ideas and propose changes in methodology, management and organization.

Responsibilities and tasks: 

• Analyse, Design, Develop, implement, test and maintain application software components
• Analyse client requirements and convert them into technical specs.
• Own development of features and improvement
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks
• Identity and resolve architectural inefficiencies in design, and create a roadmap to resolving them
• Lead and mentor a team of junior developers
• Interact with internal client facing team and provide technical support to them
• Engage with clients to provide support on your component as and when required

What You Need to Succeed at BlueOptima: 

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Ability to work autonomously with minimum supervision
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, and having a can-do attitude
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies like SCRUM, Sprints, etc and leading a Scrum a small Scrum team
• Commitment to accomplishing the task at hand and identify the fastest and most reliable way to solve a problem

Must have  (Technical requirements/ Previous experience)

• Minimum 5+ years experience with Java and J2EE/Java EE, Spring, Springboot
• Sound understanding of Monolithic, SOA and Microservices architectures
• Analyse, Design, Develop, implement, test and maintain application software components
• Strong understanding of Java concurrency, concurrency patterns, experience building thread-safe code
• Strong understanding of relational database, partitioning and indexing techniques, SQL(Postgres)
• Experience in creating high and low level design based on existing application architecture and documenting such design
• Familiarity with Linux shell and related command line tools
• Strong grasp of Unit & Integration testing
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including services like S3, EC2, Lambda, or equivalent.
• Experience with message queues or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS) for high-performance and scalable systems.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK stack, Splunk).

 Your career progression: In BlueOptima, we strive to strengthen your skills, widen your scope of work and develop your career fast.

Why join our team?
Culture and Growth: 

• Global team with a creative, innovative and welcoming mindset.
• Rapid career growth and opportunity to be an outstanding and visible contributor to the company's success.
• Freedom to create your own success story in a high performance environment.
• Training programs and Personal Development Plans for each employee

Benefits: 

• 33 days of holidays (this includes public and religious holidays)
• Contributions to your Provident Fund which can be matched by the company above the statutory minimum as agreed
• Gratuity payments
• Private Medical Insurance provided by the company (Employee + Spouse + 2 Children + 2 Parents)
• Personal Accident Insurance (Employee Only)
• 12 Weeks Paid Paternity Leave, 6 months Maternity leave
• Support with childcare costs (50%)
• Work from Home Equipment allowance
• Flexible Work from Home policy - 2 days home p/w
• Flexible Work from Long Distance - 4 weeks a year
• Sponsored Learning Opportunities
• Team Socials

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