About the Role
- We are looking for a highly skilled Java Microservices Engineer with experience in Payments domain (preferable) to join our team. The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable microservices, integrating with event-driven systems, and collaborating closely with cross functional teams, including stakeholders based in Australia. Strong communication skills are essential for success in this role.
- Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices with high performance and scalability. Build and integrate event-driven architectures using Kafka. Ensure high-quality code through unit testing, code reviews, and best engineering practices.
- Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, and Australian business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions. Deploy, monitor, and optimize services on AWS (good to have). Work on Payments domain use cases including transaction processing, settlements, reconciliation, and real time event workflows. Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations if needed. Contribute to continuous improvement of design, development, and DevOps practices.
Required Skills Experience
- 5-8 years of hands-on experience in software development. Strong proficiency in Core Java, Java 8+, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
- Experience working in the Payments or Banking domain (e.g., payment gateways, authorization, switching, settlement) is good to have. Solid knowledge of Kafka for message streaming, pub/sub models, and event-driven systems.
- Experience with RESTful APIs, API design principles, and integration patterns. Exposure to SQL/NoSQL databases.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and fault tolerant architectures.
- Good analytical and debugging skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to interact with Australian stakeholders.Good to Have Hands-on experience with AWS services (ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, etc.). Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of cloud-native design patterns. Experience with Agile methodologies.
- Education Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Mandatory Competencies
- Programming Language - Java - Core Java (java 8+)
- Middleware - API Middleware - Microservices
- Middleware - Java Middleware - Springboot
- Database - No SQL - Elastic, Solr, Lucene etc
- Middleware - Message Oriented Middleware - Messaging (JMS, ActiveMQ, RabitMQ, Kafka, SQS, ASB etc)
- Middleware - API Middleware - API (SOAP, REST)