Job Description

A Global Client of ours with head office in New Zealand and staff located across South Africa, UK, India and Europe are seeking a Software Engineer (based in Cape Town) to work remotely) - BACK-END SERVICES USING JAVA and SPRING BOOT

• The role is responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing scalable microservices while ensuring robustness, security, and scalability.
• The role includes working with various databases, integrating messaging systems, and ensuring high performance and observability.

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Develop and maintain highly scalable and robust back-end services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs, ensuring their integration with various messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Work with relational (Postgres) and NoSQL databases (Cassandra, OpenSearch, Pinot), ensuring optimal performance through tuning and optimization.
• Utilize Kafka for data streaming and manage workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Implement unit and integration testing using JUnit/Mockito, TestContainers, and BDD frameworks.
• Ensure secure, scalable, and efficient microservices adhering to system design and architecture best practices.
• Implement observability with logging, tracing, and monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

• There is an expectation that the role accountabilities and duties will evolve over time. It may be necessary to review this job description through a consultative approach and make alterations in response to the changing nature of our work environment, including but not limited to technological requirements or statutory changes

Resources, Relationships and Authorities:
The role shall collaborate closely with:

• Engineering teams
• Marketing and sales teams
• Customer support teams
• Executive leadership
• External clients from time to time
• This position requires a high degree of autonomy and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

• The role has no authority to incur routine expenditure, commit capital expenditure, approve loans, or extend credit without approval from the Managing Director or the Managing Directors designated representative.

• The role has no authority to bind the Company to agreements with any other party without approval the Managing Director or the Managing Directors designated representative.

Experience and Qualifications

• Extensive experience in back-end development with a strong focus on Java, including concurrency, collections, streams, and design patterns.
• Proficiency in Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security, and Hibernate/JPA.
• In-depth knowledge of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with message-driven architectures and tools like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Strong understanding of relational databases (Postgres) and NoSQL databases (Cassandra, OpenSearch, Pinot).
• Proficiency with Git and experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI) and DevOps practices.
• Experience with designing systems that ensure at least one message delivery and idempotent data pipelines.
• Familiarity with telemetry tooling (Prometheus, Grafana)
• A positive professional approach and presentation.
• Well-developed organisation and time management skills.
• Accuracy and conciseness in written and verbal communications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products

• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary, agile teams.
• Strong communication skills, particularly in explaining complex technical solutions and trade-offs.
• Experience in iterative development and adapting to feedback quickly.
• Capacity for problem-solving and making informed decisions in a collaborative environment.

Desirable:

• Exposure to other programming languages such as Scala or Python.
• Experience with reactive programming and functional programming in Java.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker containers for managing microservices.
• Experience with GitLab CI for continuous integration and deployment.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience with Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect.