Java Backend Developer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Develops new medium to large, complex programs/objects
* Works under minimal supervision
* Interacts with a small to medium (‎1 - ‎10 team members and ‎1 - ‎12 months in duration) projects
* Writes technical specifications for medium to large, complex programs/objects to be used to deliver assigned development tasks.
* Participates in Technical/User walkthroughs.
* Maintains and modifies complex programs; makes approved changes by amending flow diagrams, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes adhering to established guidelines and standards.
* Maintains proficiency in the technologies used by the team to support assigned software applications.
* Evaluates moderate to complex interrelationships between programs, e.g. whether a contemplated change in one part of a program would cause unwanted results in a related part.
* Develops program and system documentation according to established standards.
* Is a motivated self-starter.
* Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills and promotes, maintains, and encourages a close working relationship and a team effort with all members of IT and business partners.
* Interfaces with business partners concerning their needs without supervision by senior staff.
* Designs and codes screen layouts, graphical user interfaces, printed outputs, and interfaces with other systems.
* Creates test transactions and runs tests to find errors and confirm programs meet specifications.
* Analyzes code to find causes of errors and revises programs.
* Provides technical assistance by responding to inquiries from others regarding errors, problems, or questions about programs.
* Balance multiple priorities, multi-tasking as necessary. Adapt well to changes.
* Reports time worked and status of assigned tasks.
* Designs, Develops, and Implements web-based or microservices to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs software development (coding) and testing. Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.
* At least ‎3 years of demonstrable experience with java(Prefer some experience on Java ‎11+) and data structures, Spring Framework and Spring Boot.
* Demonstrable experience with Restful web services using JSON
* Demonstrable experience with Agile.
* Microservice technology and development experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
* Solid experience on DevOps tools like Git, Jenkins and build tools like Maven.
* Database experience with Postgres, Oracle or MYSQL.
* Knowledge of Kafka event processing and streaming.
* Experience on logging and monitoring tools like New Relic and Kibana, Datadog.
* Experience developing solutions via Amazon Web Services (e.g. AWS EC2, RDS, S3) or Azure.
* Some experience with Golang and nodeJs Preferred.
* Microservice technology and development experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
* Experience with database access using Spring JDBC template, JPA, Hibernate.
* Experience with NoSQL systems like MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis.
* Experience with Junit and Junit frameworks like Mockito, Power Mockito.
* Understanding of in-memory distributed data storage systems like ehcache, Hazelcast.
* Knowledge of Mulesoft integration tool.
* Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
* Maintains confidentiality of corporate information and physical security of corporate assets and restricted areas. Prevents any unauthorized attempts to obtain corporate information, corporate assets and access to restricted areas.
* Management Awareness - Promptly informs the appropriate management personnel of any confidentiality or security violations of any kind; and knowledge of existing or potential problems of any kind that could be even remotely construed as serious.
* Teamwork - Promotes, maintains and encourages a close working relationship and a team effort with all members of the IS Department and user departments involved in the work assignments.
* To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
* Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in relevant field required.
* ‎2 – ‎4+ years of experience required.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Troubleshoots complex systems problems.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: KD1,‎050.000 - KD2,‎250.000 per month