Senior Java Solution Architect

Dicetek LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC is seeking a senior Java architect to design, develop and oversee backend services for scalable cloud-native applications. You will translate requirements into robust Java code, optimize performance, and drive best practices across the team.

The role demands hands-on coding in Spring, AWS, microservices, and modern architectures, with strong leadership and agile collaboration. Based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Qualifications

• High-level Java expertise with 10–12 years of experience.
• Strong background in designing/architecting distributed systems.
• Hands-on coding with modern Java ecosystems and AWS.
• Experience with microservices, containers and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Translate stories into functional Java applications.
• Design, build and maintain efficient, reliable code.
• Identify bottlenecks and devise solutions.
• Lead and mentor a team in an agile, collaborative environment.
• Work with product owners and architects to prioritize backlog.

Skills

Java

AWS Cloud

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Microservices

RESTful

Hibernate ORM

NoSQL Mongo

RDBMS Oracle/PostgreSQL

Kafka

JMS/Active MQ

OAuth2

Spring Security

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git

Maven

Gradle

Swagger/OpenAPI

Node.js

Angular/React

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Git

Maven

Gradle

Job description

This includes anything between complex groups of back-end services and their client-end desktop and mobile counterparts Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these applications and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure Thus a commitment to collaborative problem solving sophisticated design and product quality is essential

Responsibilities

Senior professional with 10-12 years of experience Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications Design build and maintain efficient reusable and reliable Java code Ensure the best possible performance quality and responsiveness of the applications Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems Help maintain code quality organization and automatization Managing team and successfully delivering the project Working experience in an agile software development environment with a good understanding of the principles of agile architecture. Strong collaborative mindset for collective decentralized decision making.Demonstrate strong technical skills with a deep understanding of modern architectural styles and practices such as Microservices, Containers, AWS Cloud APIs, Continuous Delivery, Event-driven architecture, Evolutionary architecture, etc., with a passion for hands on coding.Strong foundation knowledge of software architecture concepts, patterns, principles, and quality attributes. Ability to consistently apply them in real-world scenarios with a pragmatic, system thinking, and problem-solving mindset by analyzing architecture trade-offs for delivering high-quality, sustainable solution architecture.Proven leadership skills with a proactive, positive, and growth mindset. Ability to foster and motivate programmers for delivering with craftsmanship. Good personal skills to continuously engage and communicate with an egoless empathetic mindset.Experience and expertise in delivering architectures for large software solutions meeting critical business purposes. Ability to proactively discover technical debts and continuous improvement opportunities of existing live systems. Work closely with the product owner and enterprise architects to influence and prioritize technical backlog items.Proficient in Java & Java EE, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems and skill to write reusable components/Java libraries.Deep familiarity with AWS Cloud.Work experience in Spring boot 2.x , Spring cloud, Angular > 6 /React JS and knowledge on Node JS.Familiarity with concepts of OOPS, MVC, JDBC, and RESTful and Experience with WSDL, XML, XSD, JSON and Swagger Open API specification.Experience in NoSQL (Mongo preferable) and RDBMS DB (Oracle, PostgreSQL). Should be able to write complex SQL queries / procedure and functions.Design & Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.Work experience in Spring framework (Spring core / Spring Batch / AOP / Spring Data / Spring JDBC / Spring Boot), Hibernate ORM. And Working experience in Spring Security and OAuth2 implementation.Experience with messaging technology like JMS, Active MQ, IBM MQ and Experience with Apache Kafka.Good to have experience in Docker container-based architecture – Kubernetes, docker, CI/CD like Jenkins and Gitlab CI/CD.Implementing automated testing platforms and unit testsProficient understanding of code versioning tools such as RTC, GIT.Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle.Preferred to have AWS Cloud Certificates like “Solutions Architect Professional” etc.Mandatory to have any one of the Associate level or higher AWS Cloud Certification