Java Developer - Workflow Orchestration

DiceTek UAE; Al Ruways Industrial City; On-site; AED 200,880 - 334,800; Full time

Job summary

DiceTek UAE is seeking a Java Developer specializing in Workflow Orchestration based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices, along with experience in workflow orchestration platforms such as Orkes Conductor.

This full-time role involves designing and developing backend services, integrating RESTful APIs, and maintaining workflow processes, ensuring operational stability and performance.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of experience in Java development.
• Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools like Orkes Conductor.
• Solid understanding of Spring Boot and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Manage and optimize workflows with Orkes Conductor.
• Integrate services with RESTful APIs and external systems.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices architecture

RESTful APIs

Orkes Conductor

Netflix Conductor

Kafka

RabbitMQ

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Job description

Java Developer – Workflow Orchestration in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

We seek a backend developer with strong experience in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST API, and workflow orchestration platforms such as Orkes Conductor or Netflix Conductor.

Position: Java Developer – Workflow Orchestration

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Industry: IT and Services

Function: IT-Software Development

Experience: 4–8 years

Employment Type: Full‑time

Estimated Salary: AED18,000–30,000 per month

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Create, configure, manage, and optimize workflows using Orkes Conductor or Netflix Conductor.
• Build reliable workflow orchestration logic to automate business processes across multiple backend services.
• Integrate Java services with RESTful APIs, external systems, message queues, and third‑party services.
• Work with DevOps, QA, SRE, product, and engineering teams to deliver stable and scalable backend solutions.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and system‑level tests to improve code quality and deployment confidence.
• Monitor backend services, workflow executions, logs, alerts, and dashboards to maintain system health.
• Troubleshoot workflow failures, service errors, API issues, queue delays, and performance bottlenecks.
• Provide L2 and L3 support for Java microservices, Conductor workflows, and production incidents.
• Investigate root causes of technical issues and deliver practical fixes, workarounds, or long‑term improvements.
• Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams on deployment, scaling, release management, and operational readiness.
• Support CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.
• Assist development teams in integrating, testing, and operating Conductor workflows within backend applications.
• Participate in on‑call rotations to support high availability, quick incident response, and service reliability.
• Maintain clean technical documentation for workflows, service integrations, support procedures, and troubleshooting steps.

Ideal Profile

• Strong professional experience in Java development, preferably using Java8 or higher.
• Hands‑on experience with Orkes Conductor or Netflix Conductor for workflow orchestration.
• Solid understanding of Spring Boot, REST APIs, backend service design, and microservices architecture.
• Experience working with message queues such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging platforms.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or related DevOps platforms.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, containerized deployments, and modern application delivery practices.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools used to track system performance and reliability.
• Ability to debug distributed systems, investigate production issues, and resolve workflow or service failures.
• Strong analytical skills with a practical approach to root‑cause analysis and incident handling.
• Comfortable working with DevOps, QA, SRE, product teams, and application developers in a fast‑paced environment.
• Good communication and coordination skills for production support, technical discussions, and cross‑team delivery.
• A reliability‑focused mindset with awareness of uptime, scalability, performance, and operational stability.

Core Competencies

• Java, Java8 or higher
• Spring Boot
• Microservices architecture
• Orkes Conductor, Netflix Conductor
• Workflow orchestration
• Backend development
• RESTful APIs
• External service integration
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, message queues
• CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions)
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Unit, integration, system testing
• Production and incident support (L2, L3)
• Root‑cause analysis, monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards
• DevOps collaboration, SRE coordination, technical documentation