The posting
Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a Full Stack Java Developer to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain enterprise-level applications using Java and modern frontend technologies.
The role will focus on developing scalable backend services, RESTful APIs, microservices, responsive user interfaces, database solutions, and application integrations. The position will contribute across the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.
The role will support business objectives by delivering reliable, secure, scalable, and maintainable applications while improving delivery quality, reducing defects and production issues, and contributing to application performance and process improvements.
Software Requirements
Required Software Skills
- Java: Strong hands-on experience with Java 8 or later versions.
- Spring Framework: Practical experience with Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring Security.
- Backend development: Experience developing scalable backend services and RESTful APIs.
- Microservices: Experience designing, developing, integrating, and supporting microservice-based applications.
- Frontend development: Strong experience with Angular or React.
- Web technologies: Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Relational databases: Experience with Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or equivalent relational database technologies.
- SQL and data modelling: Good understanding of SQL, data modelling, query development, stored procedures, and database performance optimization.
- Build and version control tools: Experience with Git, Maven, or Gradle.
- Testing tools: Experience writing unit and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito, Jasmine, Jest, or similar frameworks.
- Object-oriented programming: Strong understanding of object-oriented programming concepts and design principles.
- Agile delivery: Knowledge of Agile software development practices.
Preferred Software Skills
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
- Familiarity with messaging platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or ActiveMQ.
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra.
- Understanding of application security, authentication, authorization, and OAuth 2.0.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk, ELK, Grafana, or AppDynamics.
- Exposure to DevOps practices and production support.
Version and Experience Guidance
- Java experience must include Java 8 or later versions.
- Candidates should have experience with current, production-supported versions of the required frameworks and tools.
- Candidates should be able to assess compatibility, support upgrades, and apply version control practices.
- The role requires at least 5 years of hands-on full stack application development experience.
Overall Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise-level applications using Java and modern frontend technologies.
- Develop scalable backend services, RESTful APIs, and microservices using Java, Spring, Spring MVC, and Spring Boot.
- Build responsive and user-friendly interfaces using Angular or React.
- Participate in requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Write clean, reusable, maintainable, secure, and well-documented code.
- Design and optimize database queries, stored procedures, schemas, and data models.
- Integrate applications with internal and external systems through APIs and messaging platforms.
- Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to coding, security, architectural, and development standards.
- Troubleshoot application issues and provide timely resolution for production incidents.
- Implement automated unit and integration tests to improve quality and reduce defects.
- Work within Agile or Scrum delivery frameworks and participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
- Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance when required.
- Support CI/CD implementation, application deployment, release activities, and environment support.
- Ensure application performance, security, scalability, maintainability, and reliability.
- Contribute to success measures including timely delivery, reduced defects and production issues, effective collaboration, and application performance improvements.
- Identify opportunities to improve resource efficiency, application sustainability, automation, and operational effectiveness.
Technical Skills (By Category)
Programming Languages
Essential
- Java 8 or later.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
- Experience with Java application development, exception handling, collections, concurrency, and reusable components.
- JavaScript and TypeScript for frontend development.
- Ability to write clean, modular, testable, and maintainable code.
Preferred
- Experience with scripting languages used in automation, build, deployment, or operational support.
- Familiarity with asynchronous and event-driven programming.
- Experience developing reusable libraries and shared application components.
Databases/Data Management
Essential
- Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
- Strong SQL development experience.
- Understanding of data modelling, schema design, normalization, indexing, joins, transactions, and stored procedures.
- Experience optimizing queries and database interactions for application performance.
- Ability to maintain data integrity, consistency, security, and traceability.
Preferred
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra.
- Experience with caching, distributed data patterns, and high-volume data processing.
- Familiarity with database migration, data validation, backup, recovery, and data lifecycle practices.
- Exposure to cloud-based database services.
Cloud Technologies
Essential
- Understanding of application deployment and operations across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
- Understanding of scalable, reliable, and secure application hosting.
- Familiarity with environment configuration, application connectivity, access management, and operational support.
Preferred
- Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with cloud-native application design, managed services, container orchestration, and infrastructure automation.
- Understanding of cloud resource optimization and sustainable application operations.
Frameworks and Libraries
Essential
- Spring Framework.
- Spring Boot.
- Spring MVC.
- Spring Security.
- Angular or React.
- HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- RESTful API and microservices frameworks.
- JUnit, Mockito, Jasmine, Jest, or similar testing frameworks.
- Maven or Gradle.
Preferred
- Messaging platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or ActiveMQ.
- Frameworks supporting application observability, logging, and monitoring.
- Libraries supporting authentication, authorization, API integration, caching, and asynchronous processing.
- NoSQL frameworks and data-access libraries.
Development Tools and Methodologies
Essential
- Git for source control and collaborative development.
- Maven or Gradle for build and dependency management.
- Experience across the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Experience writing automated unit and integration tests.
- Experience conducting code reviews and applying coding standards.
- Knowledge of Agile or Scrum practices.
- Ability to create technical documentation, solution designs, test cases, deployment instructions, and support procedures.
Preferred
- CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
- Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with automated quality, security, and compliance checks in development pipelines.
- Familiarity with deployment automation, release management, and rollback practices.
- Exposure to DevOps methodologies and production support processes.
Security Protocols
Essential
- Experience with Spring Security or equivalent application security frameworks.
- Understanding of authentication and authorization.
- Knowledge of OAuth 2.0.
- Ability to apply secure coding practices to APIs, microservices, web applications, and database integrations.
- Understanding of access control, credential protection, input validation, output validation, and secure configuration.
- Awareness of common application security risks, including unauthorized access, injection vulnerabilities, insecure APIs, and data exposure.
Preferred
- Experience implementing role-based access control and service-to-service authentication.
- Familiarity with secure secrets management, encryption, audit logging, and security testing.
- Experience integrating security validation into CI/CD pipelines.
- Exposure to application vulnerability assessment and remediation processes.
Experience Requirements
- Overall experience: Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in full stack application development.
- Backend experience: Strong professional experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, RESTful APIs, and microservices.
- Frontend experience: Strong experience with Angular or React, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Database experience: Experience with relational databases, SQL, data modelling, stored procedures, and database performance optimization.
- Testing experience: Experience with automated unit and integration testing using JUnit, Mockito, Jasmine, Jest, or similar tools.
- Delivery experience: Experience with Agile or Scrum development, source control, build tools, code reviews, deployment, and production support.
- Industry preference: Experience delivering enterprise-scale, secure, highly available, or business-critical applications is preferred.
- Alternative experience pathways: Equivalent combinations of relevant professional experience, technical training, substantial application delivery, open-source contributions, or demonstrable production implementations may be considered.
- Outcome evidence: Candidates should demonstrate contributions to timely feature delivery, reduced defects, improved application performance, production stability, maintainable code, or process improvement.
Day-to-Day Activities
- Design, develop, test, review, and maintain Java backend services, RESTful APIs, microservices, frontend components, database objects, and application integrations.
- Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, technical discussions, code reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, incident reviews, and collaboration meetings with distributed teams.
- Deliver production-quality code, automated tests, technical documentation, deployment artifacts, database changes, defect fixes, and application enhancements.
- Make technical decisions within the assigned scope and raise risks or recommendations related to quality, security, performance, scalability, maintainability, and delivery timelines.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in full stack application development.
- Demonstrated experience with Java 8 or later, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, RESTful APIs, microservices, Angular or React, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Experience with relational databases, SQL, data modelling, database optimization, Git, Maven or Gradle, and automated testing frameworks is required; relevant technical certifications are preferred.
- Commitment to continuous professional development through training, technical experimentation, knowledge sharing, and continued learning in application development, cloud technologies, security, DevOps, testing, and modern frontend frameworks.
Professional Competencies
- Applies analytical thinking and structured problem-solving to investigate application defects, production incidents, integration issues, performance concerns, and technical risks.
- Works effectively both independently and with cross-functional, geographically distributed teams while taking ownership of assigned deliverables.
- Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders through documentation, design discussions, status updates, code reviews, and incident communication.
- Adapts to changing technologies, business requirements, delivery priorities, application architectures, and operational conditions through continuous learning.
- Identifies practical opportunities to improve code quality, application performance, security, scalability, reliability, automation, and sustainability.
- Manages multiple priorities effectively, plans work, tracks dependencies, meets commitments, and escalates delivery risks in a timely manner.
SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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