Associate Engineer - Backend

Accenture; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Kochi seeks a Java/Spring Backend Developer with 1–2 years of hands-on experience to design, build, and maintain high‑performance Java applications. You will write clean, scalable code and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive the software lifecycle.

The ideal candidate should be proficient in Java 11+, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and have a solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, and modern software engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of hands-on Java development experience.
• Strong understanding of OOP, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proficiency in Java 11+ and Spring Frameworks (Spring Boot).
• Experience with RESTful API design and testing frameworks.
• Exposure to CI/CD concepts and basic cloud familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable Java code following team standards.
• Develop and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior developers.
• Contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues and optimize performance.

Skills

Java

Object-Oriented Programming

Data Structures

Algorithms

RESTful APIs

CI/CD concepts

Education

Graduation

Tools

Spring Boot

JUnit

Mockito

Power Mock

SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j

SQL

Git

Job description

Job Title - Associate Engineer – Backend –Associate- ACS Song

Management Level: Level 12 – Associate

Location: Kochi

Must have skills: Java/Springboot

Good to have skills: Agile Project Management

Experience: 1-2 years of experience is required

Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Java/Spring Developer with 1–2 years of hands‑on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance Java applications. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of object‑oriented programming, backend development, and modern software engineering best practices. You will be responsible for writing clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable, and well‑documented Java code following team coding standards, good debugging skillset
• Collaborate on technical implementation, assist other developers and consult in implementation and development
• Demonstrate capability to effectively assimilate new skills and use of new technologies.
• Exceptional productivity and attention to product quality issues
• Be accountable to deliver the task to the agreed standards
• Adhere to development standards and architectural guidelines set by the Solution Design team
• Contribute to the development of eCommerce features and support integration with external systems under guidance.
• Continuously learn and keep up with new technologies relevant to the project and team.
• Demonstrate abilities to effectively communicate ideas and to mentor less experienced team members
• Proactively explore new tools and technologies and contribute ideas during discussions.
• Act as the key trouble‑shooter in complex/escalated incidents
• Provide innovative ideas and solutions in an ever‑changing environment with up‑to‑date knowledge regarding existing technologies.

Professional and Technical Skills:

• Strong development skills in Java 11 or above.
• Should have strong acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem‑solving and Logical/Analytical skills.
• Hands‑on experience with Spring, Spring Boot.
• Develop and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Spring Boot
• Hands‑on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j)
• Experience writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Power Mock frameworks.
• Solid understanding of OOPS concepts and basic design principles such as SOLID and DRY.
• Sound understanding of concepts like Exception handling, Serialization/Deserialization and Immutability concepts, etc.
• Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing, etc.
• Basic understanding of multi‑threading concepts and familiarity with Java’s Concurrent package, hands‑on experience is a plus.
• Basic understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections concepts.
• Experience in RDBMS or NoSQL databases and writing SQL queries
• Hands‑on experience in creating RESTful webservices and consuming webservices
• Familiar with CI/CD pipeline
• Good understanding of any of the cloud technologies.
• Hands‑on experience in using code quality tools like SonarQube
• Experience with Code management tools.
• Basic awareness of caching concepts such as in‑memory caching and hands‑on experience is a plus.

Additional Information

About Our Company | Accenture

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑and innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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