We are looking for a Senior Java Backend Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, high-performance microservices for a large-scale, enterprise real estate platform. You will combine hands-on development with architectural ownership, setting technical direction, raising engineering standards and mentoring the team.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design and architecture of microservices, defining service boundaries, API contracts and technical design requirements.
- Develop and review high-quality Java and Spring Boot services, including APIs, data models and business logic.
- Own the security design of services, including authentication and authorisation, token management and SSO integration.
- Drive resilience, performance and scalability: caching, fault tolerance, database and JVM tuning.
- Establish observability, quality gates and testing practices across services.
- Plan and lead framework, runtime and dependency upgrades, and database migrations.
- Own integrations with external systems and collaborate with frontend, QA and DevOps teams.
- Lead production troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
- Mentor engineers, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to the platform.

Must-Have Skills

- Languages and Frameworks
- Java 11/17/21/25 • Spring Boot 2.x/3.x/4.x • Spring: Web, Data JPA/Hibernate, Security, Cache, Actuator, Resilience4j

2.APIs and Security

- REST API • OAuth 2.0, JWT

3.Data • Databases:





Oracle / MySQL / SQL Server

- Quality and Observability
- JUnit 5, Mockito, Spring Boot Test • Observability, Open Telemetry

5.Build, Delivery and Ways of Working

- Maven • Docker • Agile

Good-to-Have Skills

1.Frameworks and Libraries

- Spring Cloud: OpenFeign, Eureka, Config Server, Gateway
- Spring Authorization Server, Resource Server

2.Security

- OIDC, SAML 2.0

3.Data

- Flyway migrations

4.Cloud and Platform

- Kubernetes • Red Hat OpenShift • Azure

5.AI-Assisted Development

- Claude Chat/Cowork, Claude Code

6.Domain

- Real estate domain

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- A master’s degree in a relevant discipline is an added advantage.
- 6–10 years of relevant backend development experience, including leading the design of distributed systems.

What We Look For

- Deep expertise in Java, the Spring ecosystem and the JVM.
- Strong command of design patterns, microservices design, object-oriented programming and service-oriented architecture.
- Strong understanding of authentication and authorisation.
- SQL skills, including complex queries, procedures and performance tuning.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to mentor others and communicate complex technical ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, ownership, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

📌 Sr Java Engineer (Kochi)
🏢 Empnéo ICT
📍 Kochi