Software Engineer Java

Goldenrule; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldenrule is seeking a Back-End Developer to design and maintain backend systems, implementing Java Spring and REST services. You will work on scaling, reliability, security, and caching strategies, and collaborate with frontend teams to deliver integrated applications across Online, Mobile, and Broadband platforms.

The role involves developing, testing, debugging, and maintaining code, plus integrating with databases like MongoDB and containerized services via Docker and AWS ECS/CDK.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java Spring and REST services.
• Understanding of high availability concepts including scalability, reliability, security and caching.
• Experience with Docker and AWS ECS/CDK.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain technical system requirements based on business needs.
• Develop, test, debug and maintain backend applications.
• Integrate existing and new applications onto Online, Mobile, Broadband Broadcast platforms.
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate server-side logic with UI.

Skills

Java Spring

REST services

High Availability

Caching

Security

MongoDB

Tools

Docker

AWS ECS

CDK

ASP.Net MVC/C#

RabbitMQ

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Design and maintain technical system requirements based on business needs. Develop backend applications based on approved specifications and prototypes. Develop, test, debug and maintain application code. Develop, update and maintain technical documentation. Integrate existing as well as new applications onto Online, Mobile, Broadband Broadcast platforms. Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging. Write clean code with tests to develop functional backend applications in line with industry best practices and principles. Integrate to application monitoring tool to be able to troubleshoot and debug applications. Continuously review and improve application performance. Support and improve legacy applications. Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.

Profile

Below is a further breakdown of the Back-End Developer profile:

• Java Spring with development experience around REST services
• Document Databases
• Understanding around Design Considerations around High Availability Services with regards to:
• Scalability
• Reliability (usage of message queues preferably RabbitMQ)
• Security
• Caching
• Java Spring Boot
• ASP.Net MVC and C# (advantageous)
• AWS ECS and CDK
• MongoDB
• REST Services
• Docker (advantageous)