Key Technical Skills:

Java & Spring Boot Ecosystem:

- Deep understanding of Core Java (Java 8+), including Functional Interfaces, Streams API, Lambda Expressions, and Exception handling.

- Advanced experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Core, and Spring Data.

- Strong knowledge of dependency injection, transaction propagation, and data validation.

Microservices Architecture:

- Experience building and scaling cloud-native, distributed Microservices.

- Mastery of microservices patterns like Service Discovery (Netflix Eureka), API Gateways, and Circuit Breakers (Resilience4j).

- Hands-on implementation of event-driven messaging systems like Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.

- Building secure, high-performance RESTful APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.

Database & Persistence:

- Proficiency in writing and optimizing complex SQL queries, joins (including self-joins), and stored procedures.

- Strong skills in Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks like Hibernate and JPA.

- Experience working with RDBMS platforms like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server.

Cloud & DevOps (Highly Preferred):

- Deploying and managing services on cloud environments like AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB) or Microsoft Azure.

- Containerization using Docker and orchestration via Kubernetes.

- Implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps pipeline.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design & Develop: Architect and code end-to-end backend microservices keeping performance, scalability, and security in mind.

- Database Management: Write well-indexed, optimized database queries and handle relational mappings seamlessly.

- Testing: Ensure strict code quality standards by writing comprehensive unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mockito.

- Agile Collaboration: Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, code reviews, and technical design discussions.

- Troubleshoot: Debug, trace, and fix production roadblocks, application performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities.