Java Backend – Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs & Database

About the job

Job Summary Synechron is seeking a Java Backend Lead to lead a team of Java developers and deliver high-quality, scalable backend applications and systems. The role focuses on Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, RESTful services, databases, and cloud-enabled solutions. The Java Backend Lead will translate business requirements into technical solutions, guide development activities, resolve technical issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support innovation. The role contributes to business objectives by delivering reliable Java-based solutions for large enterprise environments while maintaining quality, scalability, performance, and delivery standards.

Software Requirements

Required Software Skills

- Java: Extensive knowledge of Java programming and related technologies; experience developing and maintaining Java-based applications and systems.

- Spring Boot: Hands-on experience developing backend applications and services using Spring Boot.

- Microservices: Practical experience designing, developing, integrating, and supporting microservices-based applications.

- RESTful services: Experience designing, developing, consuming, and maintaining REST APIs.

- Databases: Experience working with databases, data access, SQL, transactions, queries, and database integration.

- Cloud computing: Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and their application to Java and microservices solutions.

- Agile and Scrum: Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.

- Development versions: Experience working with the Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST, database, cloud, and development tool versions used by the assigned Synechron project.

Preferred Software Skills

- Experience with multiple Spring modules and persistence technologies.

- Familiarity with containerized microservices and orchestration platforms.

- Experience with API documentation, service monitoring, centralized logging, and application performance tools.

- Knowledge of automated testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and deployment automation.

- Familiarity with event-driven architecture, messaging systems, or distributed application patterns.

- Advanced certification in Java development or a related technology discipline. Equivalent tools and technologies may be considered where they provide comparable capabilities.

Overall Responsibilities

- Lead a team of Java developers and support high-quality software delivery.

- Provide technical direction, mentoring, task guidance, and code-review support to Java development team members.

- Develop and maintain Java-based applications and systems.

- Design and implement scalable, efficient, secure, and maintainable Java solutions that meet business requirements.

- Develop and maintain Spring Boot applications, microservices, REST APIs, and database integrations.

- Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical designs, implementation plans, and deliverable software.

- Establish and promote appropriate coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and support practices.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and drive innovation.

- Review technical designs and implementation approaches for scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.

- Troubleshoot and resolve application, integration, database, deployment, and performance issues in a timely manner.

- Participate in Agile and Scrum ceremonies, including planning, estimation, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery discussions.

- Support the delivery of Java-based solutions for large enterprise environments.

- Evaluate and recommend new technologies, patterns, and development practices that align with business and technical objectives.

- Support sustainable software practices by encouraging reusable components, efficient processing, maintainable services, and responsible use of infrastructure resources.

- Ensure delivery outcomes meet agreed requirements for quality, security, performance, reliability, and timelines.

Technical Skills (By Category)

Programming Languages

Essential

- Extensive knowledge of Java programming.

- Experience developing enterprise Java applications and backend systems.

- Understanding of object-oriented programming, exception handling, collections, concurrency, and maintainable code practices.

- Ability to write scalable, testable, readable, and maintainable Java code.

Preferred

- Familiarity with additional programming languages used for automation, integration, or cloud-native development.

- Experience with scripting for deployment, testing, monitoring, or operational support.

- Knowledge of modern Java language features relevant to the assigned project.

Databases/Data Management

Essential

- Experience integrating Java and Spring Boot applications with databases.

- Understanding of SQL, data modelling, tables, relationships, indexes, transactions, and query performance.

- Ability to design and review data-access solutions for microservices and enterprise applications.

- Experience troubleshooting database-related application issues.

Preferred

- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.

- Familiarity with database optimization, schema migration, caching, transaction management, and data consistency.

- Understanding of data ownership and persistence considerations in microservices architecture.

Cloud Technologies

Essential

- Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and infrastructure.

- Understanding of how cloud environments support application deployment, scalability, availability, monitoring, and resilience.

- Ability to collaborate with cloud and infrastructure teams to support Java and microservices solutions.

Preferred

- Experience deploying and supporting Java or Spring Boot services in cloud environments.

- Familiarity with containers, orchestration, configuration management, service discovery, and cloud monitoring.

- Awareness of resource-efficient architecture and cloud cost considerations.

Frameworks and Libraries

Essential

- Strong experience with Spring Boot .

- Experience designing and developing microservices.

- Experience developing and integrating RESTful web services.

- Understanding of dependency injection, configuration management, service-layer design, and application integration.

- Experience with appropriate database-access and persistence technologies.

Preferred

- Familiarity with additional Spring modules and enterprise integration libraries.

- Experience with API gateways, resilience patterns, service discovery, distributed tracing, or asynchronous processing.

- Exposure to messaging, event-driven architecture, or distributed systems.

Development Tools and Methodologies

Essential

- Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.

- Experience with software development lifecycle activities, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and support.

- Experience with code reviews, source control, defect resolution, technical documentation, and release processes.