Java Developer

Java Developer Corporate Banking Portal Stabilization & Modernization


Roles & Responsibilities
• We are seeking a hands-on, highly motivated Java Developer to join a newly formed pod focused on stabilizing and enhancing our modernized SinglePoint corporate banking portal, a critical platform used by large corporate clients. This team plays a key role in improving customer satisfaction, increasing platform reliability, and accelerating delivery of customer-focused enhancements.
• This role will: Design, develop, test, and optimize payments functionality, including regression testing, performance testing, and performance validation. Leverage AI-driven tools and insights to analyze customer-reported issues, assess business impact, identify root causes, and drive resolution of defects and enhancement requests. As the application matures, the team will expand its focus to broader resiliency, performance, and operational excellence initiatives.
• This is an AI-first, fast-paced engineering environment offering significant opportunities to grow technical expertise while working closely with Product Management, Customer Support, and Payables engineering teams.


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Key Responsibilities
• Software Development
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Java and Spring Framework/Spring Boot.
• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices supporting business-critical applications.
• Participate in application architecture, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Experience troubleshooting application, API, and transaction processing issues and implementing sustainable solutions.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests to ensure software quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams following Agile methodologies.
• Performance Engineering & Testing
• Design and execute performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests.
• Create and maintain performance test scripts using JMeter, LoadRunner, or equivalent tools.
• Analyze application performance metrics and identify bottlenecks across application, database, middleware, and infrastructure layers.
• Work closely with development teams to recommend and validate performance improvements.
• Produce performance test plans, reports, and executive summaries.
• Define performance testing requirements, workload models, and success criteria for projects.
• Monitoring & Reliability
• Knowledge of application resiliency, observability, and performance optimization techniques
• Analyze application logs and performance metrics using tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, or similar monitoring platforms.
• Support production readiness activities and capacity planning exercises.
• Assist in identifying resiliency, reliability, and scalability improvements.
• Collaboration & Leadership
• Partner with developers, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and project estimation activities.
• Mentor junior developers and testers on Java development and performance engineering best practices.
• Promote a culture of quality, automation, and continuous improvement.


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Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of Java development experience.
• Strong experience with:
• Java 8/11/17+
• Spring Framework / Spring Boot
• REST APIs
• SQL and relational databases
• Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as:
• JMeter
• LoadRunner
• Rational Performance Tester
• BlazeMeter (preferred)
• Experience analyzing performance metrics and tuning application performance.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


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Preferred Qualifications
• Interest in applying Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and AI-assisted engineering practices
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of Kafka or event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics.
• Experience working within financial services or highly regulated environments.
• Experience with automation frameworks and CI/CD integration for performance testing.
• Experience supporting high-volume payment processing or financial services applications