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As a Senior Java Engineer, you will play a critical role across the full software lifecycle—from design and development through production support and optimization. You will build and evolve modern RESTful services while also maintaining and improving legacy services when required. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, optimizing performance and uptime, and tracing issues end-to-end to determine root cause.
You will work in a hybrid Agile environment, collaborating closely with other engineers, architects, and business partners to deliver reliable, scalable systems that run in production.
What You Will Do
- Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs and back-end services using Java and Spring
- Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, code comments, clear and efficient code.
- Lead development efforts for key modules and features, including hands-on coding
- Maintain and enhance legacy services while incrementally modernizing systems
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and availability in production environments
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues by debugging across front-end, service, and database layers
- Participate in and lead code reviews, enforcing engineering best practices and coding standards
- Contribute to architectural decisions, design