- Utilize Spring and Spring Boot capabilities for configuration management, dependency injection, Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP), JPA for data persistence, RESTful API development, authentication and authorization mechanisms, JSON handling, and caching strategies.

- Demonstrate strong hands-on experience with ANSI SQL and interacting with various relational databases.

- Develop and execute comprehensive unit, integration, and potentially end-to-end tests to ensure code quality and application reliability.

- Implement and utilize diagnostics and observability tools and techniques for monitoring application health, performance, and identifying potential issues.

- Collaborate effectively with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.

- Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to maintain high code quality.

- Contribute to architectural discussions and provide technical insights for system design and scalability.

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in development, testing, and production environments.

- Provide support and contribute to the stability of deployed applications.

- Effectively utilize work organization tools like TODO tracking systems and Jira for defect tracking and task management.

- Demonstrate strong collaboration and communication skills within the team and with other stakeholders.

Essentials (Technical Skills) :

- Core Java : Deep understanding of core Java concepts and significant experience utilizing Java 8+ features (Streams, messaging, etc.

- Spring/SpringBoot : Extensive experience with the Spring/SpringBoot ecosystem, including :

1. Configuration Management

2. Dependency Injection (DI)

3. Aspects (AOP)

4. Spring Core Capabilities (e.g , Transaction Management)

5. Spring JPA for data access

6. RESTful API design and development concepts

7. Authentication and Authorization implementation JSON handling (e.g , Jackson, Gson)

8. Caching mechanisms and integration (e.g, Redis, Caffeine)

- Databases : Strong hands-on experience with ANSI SQL and interacting with relational databases (e.g, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle).

- Testing : Proven ability to write and execute unit tests, integration tests, and a good understanding of testing principles.

- Diagnostics & Observability : Experience with logging frameworks and monitoring tools for application diagnostics and observability (e.g , Spring Boot Actuator, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

Nice to Have (Technical Skills) :

- UI development experience using React.

- Familiarity with AWS cloud platform and services such as API Gateway, Event Bridge, and AWS Lambda.

- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts, particularly with CloudFormation or CDK.

Non-Technical Skills :

- Experience in providing support for developed applications.

- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal.

- Strong work organization skills, including effective use of TODO tracking systems and Jira for defect tracking