Java API Developer

Build secure, scalable, and resilient RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot. The role involves backend service development, database integration, API security, testing, performance optimization, observability, CI/CD, Azure cloud deployment, and collaboration with product, architecture, and DevOps teams. The position also requires ownership of services from design and development through deployment and production support.

Required Skills Java 8+; preferably Java 11/17+ Spring Boot RESTful API development Spring Web, Data, Security, Actuator GitHub Copilot SQL/NoSQL databases PostgreSQL/MySQL JPA/Hibernate Data structures Concurrency Error handling Git and branching strategies Maven/Gradle OpenAPI/Swagger Postman/Rest Assured Unit, integration, and contract testing API security: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, role-based access Docker Basic Kubernetes CI/CD pipelines Azure exposure — must Preferred / Additional Skills API architecture and design API versioning and idempotency Resilience4j Circuit breaker, retry and backoff Async/reactive programming Microservices Kafka/RabbitMQ Event-driven architecture Docker/Kubernetes Terraform/Helm mTLS and secrets management Mentoring developers Leading design/code reviews