Java Full Stack Engineer - Professional

HEXAWARE•United States,

13d

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Java Full Stack Developer with over 8 years of experience to join our team. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise-grade applications. You will work with modern Java features, build scalable backend services using Spring Boot, and develop responsive front-end applications. A significant part of the role includes designing and implementing microservices architectures, leveraging cloud-native principles with AWS services, and working with event-driven systems like Apache Kafka. You will also be responsible for containerizing applications with Docker, deploying them using Kubernetes, and building CI/CD pipelines. The position requires a strong understanding of automated testing, AI-assisted development tools, and participating in solution design and architecture. You will troubleshoot issues, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with various teams and stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle. Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior developers is also a key aspect of this role.

Requirements

8+ years of professional software development experience
Strong hands-on expertise in Java/J2EE
Strong hands-on expertise in Spring Boot
Strong hands-on expertise in microservices
Strong hands-on expertise in REST APIs
Strong hands-on expertise in modern UI development
Strong hands-on expertise in AWS cloud services
Strong hands-on expertise in Kafka
Strong hands-on expertise in Docker/Kubernetes
Strong hands-on expertise in CI/CD
Strong hands-on expertise in automated testing
Strong hands-on expertise in enterprise application design and architecture

Responsibilities

Design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using Java 8/17/21, applying strong knowledge of OOP concepts, Collections, Streams, Exception Handling, JVM concepts, and modern Java features.
Develop advanced Java solutions using design patterns, multithreading, functional programming, and reactive programming, with emphasis on scalability, maintainability, and application performance.
Design and develop backend services using Spring Boot, including Dependency Injection, REST APIs, Spring Security with JWT, JPA/Hibernate, transaction management, Actuator, configuration management, input validation, global exception handling, and Spring Boot annotations.
Develop and integrate services using RestTemplate and WebClient, following appropriate API integration, authentication, authorization, versioning, and error-handling practices.
Design and implement microservices-based architectures, including service decomposition, API design, resiliency patterns, circuit breakers, distributed transaction handling, scalability, and observability.
Design and implement RESTful APIs using established API standards, OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, authentication and authorization mechanisms, API versioning, and contract-first design principles.
Develop responsive and scalable front-end applications using modern UI frameworks, leveraging components, services, RxJS, state management, routing, API integration, and UI performance optimization.
Design and implement cloud-based solutions using AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, IAM, ECS, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, and networking concepts.
Apply cloud-native and AWS-native architectural principles, including serverless architecture, event-driven design, high availability, scalability, security best practices, and cost optimization.
Develop event-driven and asynchronous applications using Apache Kafka, including producer/consumer implementation, topic design, consumer groups, event streaming, error handling, and performance tuning.
Containerize applications using Docker and deploy/manage workloads using Kubernetes, covering deployments, services, ingress, scaling, image optimization, and production troubleshooting.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps to support automated builds, testing, deployment, and release management.
Develop and maintain automated UI testing solutions using Playwright and LambdaTest, supporting regression testing, test execution, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot for code generation, unit-test generation, code quality improvements, and developer productivity.
Participate in solution design and application architecture, ensuring technical solutions align with scalability, security, performance, maintainability, and business requirements.
Perform application troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, and resolution of complex technical and production issues.
Conduct code reviews and promote development best practices, coding standards, reusable components, automated testing, and maintainable application design.
Collaborate with architects, developers, QA, DevOps, product teams, and business stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
Work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements, translate requirements into technical solutions, communicate technical risks and dependencies, and support timely delivery.
Demonstrate strong problem-solving, ownership, stakeholder communication, collaboration, and Agile delivery skills while managing technical deliverables across multiple workstreams.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to development team members and contribute to architectural decisions, design reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.