Senior Backend Developer-Java

Accenture; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Kochi is seeking a Sr. Backend Developer (Java/Spring) with 3.5–5 years of hands-on experience to design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java applications. You will contribute to backend services, APIs, and system integration, ensuring code quality and scalable architecture.

The role demands strong OO design, RESTful services, CI/CD familiarity, and mentoring juniors. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment and stay updated on emerging

Qualifications

• Graduation is required.
• 3.5–5 years of hands-on Java/Spring experience.
• Strong OO design and backend development skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain large, complex Java applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor juniors.
• Develop RESTful services and integrate with external systems.
• Ensure code quality, performance, and scalable architecture.
• Participate in CI/CD and maintain documentation.

Skills

Java 11+

Spring Boot

Spring

Data Structures

Algorithms

RESTful APIs

Unit Testing

Mockito

OOP

CI/CD

Cloud basics

Git

Logging frameworks

Junit

JVM/Memory management

Education

Graduation

Tools

SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j

SonarQube

Git

RDBMS/NoSQL

Job description

Job Description

Job Title - Sr. Backend Developer-Java - Sr. Analyst - ACS Song

Management Level: Level 10- Sr.Analyst

Location: Kochi

Must have skills: Java/Spring/Springboot

Good to have skills: Agile Project Management

Experience: 3.5-5 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 3.5–5 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

• Designing, coding, debugging, unit testing, and documenting large, complex software applications
• Collaborate on technical implementation, assist other developers and consultants in implementation and development
• Demonstrate capability to effectively assimilate new skills and use of new technologies.
• Takes ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and drives end-to-end solutions.
• Makes architectural and design decisions, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Mentors and supports junior team members through code reviews and guidance.
• Communicates effectively with cross-functional teams and contributes to technical planning.
• Proactively identifies technical risks and proposes improvements across the codebase or processes.
• 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
• Develop all technical aspects of eCommerce stores, from commerce to content and all integration with external systems
• Motivated to independently monitor and appraise emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and make recommendations or undertake independent research to validate new ideas
• 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.
• Hands‑on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j)
• Experience of writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Powermock frameworks.
• Thorough understanding of OOPS concepts, Design principles and implementation of different types of Design patterns.
• Sound understanding of concepts like Exception handling, Serialization/Deserialization and Immutability concepts, etc.
• Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing, etc.
• Experience with Multi-threading, Concurrent Package and Concurrent APIs
• 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.
• Hands‑on experience with Caching mechanisms.

Additional Information

About Our Company | Accenture (do not remove the hyperlink)

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.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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