Senior Backend Developer (Java)

Global Line Network; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a talented Senior Backend Developer to design and develop high-quality software. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science and have 4+ years of software engineering experience. Responsibilities include optimizing software performance, diagnosing production issues, and mentoring team members. The role offers flexible hybrid working arrangements and performance bonuses based on project success.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working arrangement

Performance bonus

Comprehensive medical benefits

Monthly recreational sports subsidy

Daily refreshments and snacks plus monthly transport allowance

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience of real-world software engineering.
• Proven working experience with Java/Kotlin.
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality software.
• Optimize software for performance at scale.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot production application issues.
• Mentor team members in software development practices.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

OOP

TDD

Agile methodologies

Spring Framework

SQL

Relational Databases

Test-driven development

Problem-solving

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JPA2

Hibernate

Job description

Overview

Global Line Network (GLN) is a leading tech company specializing in scalable mobile applications and comprehensive systems for diverse industries. We are seeking one talented Senior Backend Developer to join our dynamic team.

What’s In It For You

• Flexible hybrid working arrangement with adaptable hours to suit your productivity schedule
• Performance bonus based on code quality, delivery milestones and project success
• Comprehensive medical benefits including dental, optical coverage, and annual health screening
• Monthly recreational sports subsidy to support your wellness and work-life balance
• Daily refreshments and snacks provided in office plus monthly transport allowance

What You’ll Do

• Designing and developing the highest quality software.
• Continuously optimizing our software to be more performant at scale.
• Maintain architectural principles and coding standards across the code and project lifecycles.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot production application issues.
• Be responsible for the health of production systems.
• Mentoring our team members to help them grow and adopt the best software development practices.
• Ensure the end-to-end system is tested, using unit or integration testing frameworks where appropriate.
• Improving our deployment and testing automation pipelines to ensure we can move more quickly and with increased confidence.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 4+ years’ experience of real-world software engineering.
• Proven working experience with Java/Kotlin.
• Experience practicing OOP, TDD, CI/CD in an Agile software development environment.
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc).
• Experience in Spring Framework.
• Experience as a Sun Certified Java Developer is a plus.
• Exposure to Web Services, REST and SOAP protocols is preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate).
• Experience in distributed databases and scale-out (both relational and non-relational).
• Experience with test-driven development.
• Hands-on design and development for client facing applications that require high availability, concurrency, multi-tenancy, high scalability for a large global user base.
• DevOps experience is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills, adaptable and proactive.
• Write clear, maintainable code, concise design docs, and resilient tests.
• Self-driven, take complete ownership of your tasks and champion efforts to drive solutions.
• Excellent communication skills are a must have.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Start-up experience and entrepreneurial spirit are highly preferred.