Senior Java Engineer

Region: APAC

Country: Malaysia, India, Indonesia, and Philippines

Type: Fully remote

What's the Project?

Our client is dedicated to helping students and colleges make informed choices because let’s face it, navigating your educational path can feel overwhelming. They believe in making that process easier, faster, and way more accessible for everyone involved.

The Senior Software Engineer is a full-stack senior developer who has a proven track record in designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge software solutions. With a strong foundation in programming languages such as Java and JavaScript, the senior software engineer will be responsible for the design and development of software solutions to build and optimize highly scalable, web-based multitenant applications used by national educational associations and institutions of higher learning, including numerous colleges and universities.

You’re a perfect match if you have:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or an IT-related discipline, or its equivalent, plus 3 years of related experience.
High proficiency with server-side Enterprise Java (8+ versions), Spring, and Hibernate frameworks
Experience with at least 2 to 3 project implementations in one or more Spring framework modules: Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Integration frameworks
Experience in developing RESTful API and Web Services.
Experience developing web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g., Angular, React
Experience with JPA development and solid SQL skills
Experience with Agile software development methodology.
Strong notions of security best practices
Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems
Experience working with in-office, remote, and offshore team members
Strong working knowledge of Git and GitHub code management tools.
Experience working with DevOps to monitor CI/CD pipelines using automated software build tools like Jenkins.
Solid understanding of enterprise software development design patterns and anti
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL
Experience in Test Driven Development
Ability to work well independently, multitask, and handle change.

Your day-to-day activities:

Provide hands-on guidance and knowledge transfer to a team member of the front-end and back-end developers.
Guide peer developers and QA engineers, and work collaboratively with product and program managers
Design and develop enterprise-grade, high-volume web applications, platforms, and state-of-the-art technical solutions leveraging Java and JEE platform technologies.
Participate in design discussions and solution design sessions with the product management and software development teams to shape new product features and platform capabilities
Develop and support REST APIs and business logic using Java, Spring, Hibernate, and SQL Server
Develop and support web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g., Angular, React
Contribute to the evaluation, prototyping, and selection of software solutions as required to make recommendations to enhance the performance and scalability of our flagship products
Develop unit tests and API integration tests to maximize code coverage. In
accordance with the software test pyramid
Make recommendations to enhance the performance and scalability of our flagship products
Apply Test Driven Development practices and software quality measurement tools such as SonarQube or Coverity to improve the quality of software delivered.
Foster and support a culture of innovation and excellence in the engineering organization

Ready to dive in?

Sarah Chin
Recruiter

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

sarah.chin@newfireglobal.com

Hiring Process

Here's what you can expect during our hiring process.

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Applied

Stage 2

Interview

Stage 3

Technical Interview

Stage 4

Client Interview

Stage 5

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