Java Developer Contract

Positron SE; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Positron SE is seeking an experienced Java Developer for a 12-month contract with a banking client in Sandton, Gauteng. You will contribute to the development and maintenance of high-quality software, ensure unit tests pass, and support deployments across environments.

The role requires strong experience in Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and Micronaut, with hands-on Java background and SOA/Microservices exposure.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software engineering with a Java backend focus.
• Experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, and Micronaut.
• Strong Azure DevOps and Azure platform experience.
• End-to-end development including design, deployment, and automation.
• SOA/Microservices with REST, JSON, SOAP, and MQ.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintenance of banking applications.
• Develop high-quality software.
• Perform unit testing.
• Handle deployments.
• Own deliverables end-to-end and manage stakeholders.
• Adhere to coding and design standards.
• Submit code for quality reviews.
• Provide QA support.
• Report progress to Scrum Master/PM.
• Timesheet capture and sprint planning alignment.
• Stand-by, support and maintenance.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

Hibernate

JPA

Micronaut

Azure DevOps

Azure

REST

SOAP

XML

JSON

SOA

Microservices

Web Services

Git

Maven

Tools

Eclipse

IntelliJ

Git

Maven

SonarQube

Nexus

Azure DevOps

Job description

Our banking client seeks an experienced and talented Java Developer to join their team for a 12 month contract.

You will be responsible for:

• Support & Maintenance
• Development of good quality software
• Unit testing
• Deployments
• Full accountability of deliverables end-to-end – managing all stakeholders and impacts
• Align to coding and design standards.
• Submit code for Code Quality reviews
• Quality Assurance support
• Feedback on progress to Scrum Master / project manager
• Timesheet capture
• Self-management of capacity and deliverables in alignment with Sprint planning
• Stand‑by, Support and Maintenance of systems

Required Experience and Expertise:

• Strong technical/ software engineering background (‘hands‑on’)
• Solid experience on Spring Framework, Sprint Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Micronaut Frameworks
• Azure DevOps and Azure in general
• Strong application/software development or programming background in Java
• Good experience in system, application architecture, design, development, implementation and deployment (end-to-end), development automation.
• Ability to work on different tiers of the application
• Object oriented Design
• Solid experience on Spring Framework, Sprint Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Micronaut Frameworks
• Solid experience with SOA-Architectures, Microservices Architectures and related integration protocols (e.g. Web Services (SOAP/XML), REST & JSON, and MQ), as well as the related security requirements/models.

Must have working experience on the following tools/IDEs:

• Eclipse or IntelliJ
• Git
• Maven
• Code quality tools e.g. SonarQube
• Experience with artefact repository e.g. Nexus
• Azure DevOps

5 Years + experience in:

• Development experience
• Exposure to agile delivery Scrum, Kanban and or SAFe
• SOA / API
• SOAP and Rest
• HTML & CSS
• Devops toolsets for software releases
• JWT / Java Web Tokens
• SSL’s
• Solid experience on Spring Framework, Sprint Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Micronaut Frameworks
• Solid experience with SOA-Architectures, Microservices Architectures and related integration protocols (e.g. Web Services (SOAP/XML), REST & JSON, and MQ), as well as the related security requirements/models.
• Experience with application database management practices in a high volume Java environment (SQL, DB2, and NoSql – Cassandra/MongoDB).
• Develop, deploy and test automation
• Performance monitoring and optimisation tools