Remote Senior Java Engineer — Oracle DB Expert

Dev PRO; Bogotá; Remote; COP 180,000,000 - 320,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Dev.Pro, a US-based outsourced software development company, is hiring in Latin America for a Senior Java Software Engineer with strong Oracle expertise to join a large-scale platform modernization initiative.

You'll combine hands-on Java development with advanced database engineering and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable solutions for a platform serving 100k users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building, debugging, and optimizing scalable Java backend applications.
• Strong proficiency in Java 8-17, OOP, design patterns, multithreading, and concurrency.
• Hands-on Oracle development experience in production with knowledge of database internals.
• Advanced SQL skills and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience with production database operations and minimal downtime changes.
• Experience writing unit tests with JUnit and Mockito.
• Experience with GCP and Kubernetes or similar orchestration tools.
• Hands-on Linux/Unix experience and scripting in Bash/Python.
• Ability to work independently, own technical tasks, and resolve blockers.
• Strong communication and cross-functional Scrum collaboration.
• Upper-Intermediate+ English level.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java backend applications
• Design the Oracle database storage schema for a new application
• Support planning and execution of a future MySQL-to-Oracle migration
• Develop and optimize SQL queries to improve database performance
• Troubleshoot complex application and database issues in production environments
• Support production database operations and implement changes with minimal downtime
• Write and maintain unit tests using JUnit and Mockito
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on technical design and implementation decisions
• Create and maintain technical documentation for relevant project activities

Skills

Java

Oracle

SQL

JUnit

Mockito

GCP

Kubernetes

Linux/Unix

Python

Bash

Tools

Gradle

CI/CD

MySQL

Job description

Dev.Pro, a US-based outsourced software development company, is hiring in Latin America for a Senior Java Software Engineer with strong Oracle expertise to join a large-scale platform modernization initiative.

You'll combine hands-on Java development with advanced database engineering and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable solutions for a platform serving 100k users.