Senior Java Engineer – Spring Microservices & Azure

General Motors; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and support Java applications and Spring Boot microservices in a connected-vehicle environment. You will work with third-party vendors on API integrations, build RESTful services, and implement event-based messaging using Kafka or Azure EventHub while troubleshooting production issues in an Agile setting.

The role emphasizes Azure Cloud, TDD with JUnit, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience in Java.
• Experience with Spring Boot–based microservices.
• Proficiency with Azure Cloud Services, Jira, Confluence, Slack, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with TDD, JUnit, and mocking frameworks.
• Experience with CI, build, and delivery practices using Spring / Spring Boot.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and event-based messaging.
• Familiarity with Azure EventHub (and some legacy Kafka)
• Experience with Azure Cloud Services.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Ability to work independently and deliver with minimal guidance.
• Experience supporting deployments and post-release validation activities.
• Experience converting business needs into user stories and engineering tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support Java applications and Spring Boot microservices.
• Work with third-party vendors and dependencies, with a particular focus on API integration.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and event-based messaging integrations, including Kafka and/or Azure EventHub patterns.
• Troubleshoot issues across a complex microservices ecosystem.
• Deliver user stories with minimal guidance in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Translate business requirements into user stories and technical tasks.
• Support production deployments and perform post-deployment validation.

Skills

Java programming

RESTful APIs

Event-based messaging

Agile delivery

Distributed systems troubleshooting

Independent work

Technical translation of business to 2

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Spring Boot

Azure Cloud Services

Jira

Confluence

Slack

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Kafka

Azure EventHub

JUnit

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and support Java applications and Spring Boot microservices in a connected-vehicle environment. You will work with third-party vendors on API integrations, build RESTful services, and implement event-based messaging using Kafka or Azure EventHub while troubleshooting production issues in an Agile setting.

The role emphasizes Azure Cloud, TDD with JUnit, and CI/CD practices.