About the position
Design, develop and maintain backend services and microservices in Java, ensuring high quality and
Performance.
Build and operate data pipelines using Lambda, SQS, Step Functions, S3, Glue and Athena.
Implement secure access and identity controls using IAM best practices.
Containerise backend applications, manage images in ECR and deploy to ECS (and EKS where applicable).
Integrate services with RDS and other database technologies, model schemas and optimise queries.
Work with VPC, networking, and security configurations to ensure secure and compliant deployments.
Design and implement APIs using API Gateway and support API lifecycle management.
Implement logging, monitoring and alerting using OpenSearch, Prometheus, Grafana and dashboards.
Participate in DevOps and SRE activities: CI/CD pipeline improvements, incident response, observability and SLA reporting.
Support deployment strategies and releases, including blue-green and canary rollouts to minimise risk.
Collaborate with product, QA and infrastructure teams to deliver features and resolve defects.
Drive improvements in security posture by using AWS Inspector, understanding CVEs, and remediating vulnerabilities.
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on Java backend development experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred).
Demonstrable experience with DevOps practices, containerization (Docker, ECR, ECS), CI/CD pipelines and production reliability.
Essential Skills Requirements:
Strong proficiency in Java and backend development frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring MVC) as well as Python.
Experience building and maintaining data pipelines using AWS Lambda.
Proficient with AWS SQS for messaging and decoupled architectures.
Hands-on experience with AWS Step Functions to orchestrate serverless workflows.
Practical use of Amazon S3 for storage of application and pipeline data.
Solid understanding and implementation of AWS IAM for secure access control.
Experience containerizing applications and running them on ECS and using ECR for container registry.
Familiarity with query and analytics using Amazon Athena and ETL with AWS Glue.
Experience working with SQL on relational databases in AWS (RDS) and designing efficient data access.
Strong debugging, logging, and exception-handling skills for backend services.
Advantageous Skills Requirements:
Knowledge of AWS networking concepts including VPC and subnet design.
Experience with API Gateway for exposing and securing HTTP/REST endpoints.
Hands-on experience with DynamoDB for highly available NoSQL patterns.
Familiarity with EC2 and Load Balancers for hybrid or non-serverless workloads.
Understanding of AWS WAF for web application protection.
Experience with OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards for search and observability.
Monitoring and metrics experience using Prometheus and Grafana.
Awareness of AWS Inspector and vulnerability scanning tools.
Familiarity with container orchestration using EKS and Kubernetes concepts.
Prior exposure to Canary and Blue-Green deployment strategies in production.
Desired Skills:
- AWS Lambda
- AWS SQS
- Java and backend development frameworks
