Senior Java Backend Engineer

• Analyse business and technical requirements to design and develop robust backend solutions supporting omni-channel retail and order management processes.
• Develop, test, debug, and deploy Java-based microservices, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Design and implement integrations with Order Management Systems and retail platforms, supporting key flows such as order orchestration, inventory visibility, fulfilment, returns, and payment flows.
• Maintain and improve existing services, ensuring high code quality, maintainability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve software defects, integration issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with the Support team to investigate and resolve production incidents related to omni-retail and order management services.
• Work with the DevOps team to implement and improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment processes.
• Review functional specifications and translate them into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Collaborate with QA Engineers to support testing strategies and contribute to automated testing.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Product/Solution by recommending technical enhancements and optimizations.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives).

• Analyse business and technical requirements to design and develop robust backend solutions supporting omni-channel retail and order management processes.
• Develop, test, debug, and deploy Java-based microservices, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Design and implement integrations with Order Management Systems and retail platforms, supporting key flows such as order orchestration, inventory visibility, fulfilment, returns, and payment flows.
• Maintain and improve existing services, ensuring high code quality, maintainability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve software defects, integration issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with the Support team to investigate and resolve production incidents related to omni-retail and order management services.
• Work with the DevOps team to implement and improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment processes.
• Review functional specifications and translate them into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Collaborate with QA Engineers to support testing strategies and contribute to automated testing.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Product/Solution by recommending technical enhancements and optimizations.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives).

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 5+ years of experience as a Java Software Engineer, with strong expertise in Java 21 and the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, Spring Cloud).
• Proven experience developing microservices-based solutions using event-driven architectures and APIfirst principles.
• Experience working with Order Management Systems (OMS), Fluent Commerce, supporting order orchestration and omni-retail processes. THIS EXPERIENCE IS A MUST.
• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger) and working with JSON, XML, HTTP, and GraphQL.
• Experience building omni-retail and e-commerce solutions, including order lifecycle, inventory visibility, fulfilment, returns, payment flows.
• Proficiency with databases such as MySQL, and MongoDB.
• Hands-on experience with containerized and cloud-native environments, including Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab).
• Experience working with event messaging systems and integration patterns (e.g., AWS SQS, Solace, Pub/Sub architectures).
• Familiarity with security best practices including OAuth2, OIDC, and IAM solutions such as Keycloak and Okta
• Experience with modern development and testing tooling, including IntelliJ, SonarQube, Datadog, Insomnia, and the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence).

DevOps & Tooling

• Build & IDE: IntelliJ, Maven
• Version Control: Git, GitLab
• Code Quality & Security: SonarQube, Snyk
• API Testing & Integration Tools: Insomnia, RobotFramework
• Collaboration & Documentation: Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
• Cloud technologies/platform: AWS, K8s, Docker, Helm

Soft Skills

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with multinational, cross-functional teams.
• Proactive, self-driven, and eager to learn new technologies.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile