Developer (Java)

The Java Developer designs and develops enterprise applications using Java technologies, bringing strong object-oriented design skills, hands-on experience with the Spring and Hibernate ecosystem, and the ability to lead a team and tune application performance. The role leverages approved AI-augmented tools and SaaS/cloud practices to improve engineering efficiency and software quality.

Experience & Background

• Typically 3 to 5 years of experience designing or developing object-oriented applications in a Java environment.
• Strong proficiency in Core Java, including OOP concepts, Collections Framework, Exception Handling, Multithreading, Drools and Java 8+ features.
• Hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using Spring Framework and Spring Boot.
• Experience in designing, developing, integrating, and maintaining RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of SQL, relational databases, database design, joins, indexing, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Hibernate/JPA or Spring Data JPA for database persistence.
• Experience in writing unit tests and debugging application issues.
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and coding best practices.
• Proficiency in Git or equivalent version control systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

• Java 8/11/17 or higher.
• SQL; basic knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS is an advantage.

Frameworks & Technologies

• Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, JUnit, jQuery, XML/XSL, and Hibernate
• RESTful Web Services, JSON, XML, and microservices architecture.
• Spring Security and authentication/authorization mechanisms.

Databases

• Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• SQL queries, joins, stored procedures, indexing, transactions, and query performance tuning.

Testing & Debugging

• JUnit and Mockito.
• Postman or similar tools for API testing.
• Application debugging, root-cause analysis, and defect resolution.

Development & Build Tools

• Maven or Gradle.
• Git and code review practices.
• IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse.

DevOps & Deployment

• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines and build/deployment processes.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes is an advantage.

Additional Advantage

• Experience in enterprise product development, insurance or financial services applications.
• Knowledge of messaging technologies such as Kafka or any other relevant technologies.
• Experience with API security, versioning, backward compatibility, and performance optimization.

AI-Related Expectations

• Use approved AI coding assistants to accelerate code generation, unit test creation, refactoring, and documentation.
• Leverage AI assistance for debugging, log and stack-trace analysis, and identifying performance bottlenecks.
• Review and validate AI-generated code for correctness, security, performance, and adherence to coding standards before committing.
• Follow approved privacy, security, and responsible-AI guidelines, particularly when handling sensitive application and customer data.

SaaS & Cloud Awareness

• Understanding of environment-based build, deployment, and testing across Dev, QA, UAT, and Production-like setups.
• Awareness of SaaS delivery concepts such as configuration-driven change, release cadence, and integration dependencies.
• Basic familiarity with how cloud-hosted deployments (for example, AWS) affect application design, scalability, and security.

Communication & Collaboration

• Self-motivated with strong initiative and excellent communication skills.

Preferred / Good to Have

• Java 8 certification.
• Experience with one or more of single sign-on, LDAP, and reporting tools (for example, Jasper Reports).
• Domain experience in the insurance industry, preferably Property & Casualty or Workers' Compensation.
• Experience writing advanced SQL and PL/SQL.
• Experience working with enterprise application architecture frameworks.
• Experience in the full software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies such as Scrum.
• Experience using AWS is a plus.