1-2.5 years of professional experience in Java application development Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming OOPs concepts Good Experience in Core Java includes Collections & Multithreading Basics and hands on experience with Java 8 eg Streams Lambdas Optional Experience with Spring Boot developing REST APIs and ORMs Exposure Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit or Mockito Working knowledge of databases and SQL Familiarity with version control systems like Git Exposure to DevOps tools CI CD pipelines Docker Jenkins etc is a plus Valuable communication and team collaboration skills Preferred Qualifications Nice to Have Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure Understanding of Agile Scrum development practices.