Senior Java Developer

4 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Astriasys Full time

Astriasys City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Head of Product | Driving Product-Led Impact

Location: Cape Town

Position Type: Full-time

About the Role:

In this pivotal role, you will develop and maintain complex Java applications and drive best practices in software development. You will also manage the full development lifecycle, from planning to deployment, ensuring successful project delivery. This position requires a deep understanding of the Spring Framework, Java development best practices, and extensive experience with various tools and technologies that support modern software development. Additionally, you will be involved in front-end development to create dynamic and user-friendly interfaces.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Technical Leadership: Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative development environment. Oversee the full development lifecycle and manage project delivery.
  • Spring Framework Expertise: Design and develop applications using the Spring Framework, including JPA, JDBC, TX, Web, Webflux, Security, CAS, OAuth2, and related technologies. Ensure applications are robust, scalable, and maintainable.
  • Front-End Development: Develop and maintain front-end components using Vaadin or React. Collaborate with designers and other engineers to create seamless and responsive user interfaces that enhance the user experience.
  • Advanced Java Development: Utilize tools such as Lombok, Moneta, Actuator, Logging, Metrics, Tracing, GraalVM, and Vaadin Flow to enhance application development. Develop and maintain RESTful APIs using OpenAPI specifications.
  • Build & Deployment: Manage multi-module builds using Maven, leveraging plugins like the spring-boot-maven-plugin, maven-compiler-plugin, native-maven-plugin, and vaadin-maven-plugin. Ensure code quality with tools such as pitest-maven, maven-surefire-plugin, jacoco-maven-plugin, and others.
  • Continuous Integration & Delivery: Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring that the development process is streamlined and automated.
  • Documentation & Reporting: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation using tools like the maven-javadoc-plugin, asciidoctor-maven-plugin, and springdoc-openapi-maven-plugin. Ensure all dependencies and versions are managed and reported using maven-dependency-plugin and maven-project-info-reports-plugin.
  • Code Quality & Compliance: Enforce coding standards and ensure compliance using tools like maven-checkstyle-plugin, maven-pmd-plugin, and maven-enforcer-plugin. Perform regular code reviews and maintain code quality.
  • Load Testing & Performance Optimization: Design and execute load testing plans using k6, ensuring that applications meet performance, availability, and resiliency targets.

Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience in Java development, including 1+ years in a leadership role with a strong background in the Spring Framework.
  • Extensive experience with Java development tools, especially Maven, and its various plugins.
  • Deep understanding of modern software development practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and performance optimisation.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience with open-source contributions and community engagement.
  • Familiarity with performance testing tools like k6 and methodologies for ensuring high availability and resiliency in distributed systems.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Technology, Information and Internet

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