Senior Java Developer - Assistant Vice President

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Job Overview

Senior Software Developer(C12)

Enterprise Application Development | System Design | AI-Enabled Engineering

Position Summary

Seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Developer with 6+ years of experience designing, building and supporting enterprise applications. The individual will own end-to-end delivery across the SDLC, provide technical leadership, and leverage modern AI technologies to build smarter products and improve engineering productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.
• Lead architecture, system design, performance optimization, and resiliency initiatives.
• Participate in requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Mentor developers, conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
• Build REST APIs and integrate with enterprise platforms and databases.
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps, automation and cloud-native development practices.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI, ML, and GenAI capabilities to business products.

Must have Skills :

• High level understanding of Java language,  we currently run on Java 21 version.
• High level understanding of Microservices and cloud infrastructure -  like Springboot, Redis, ECS Platform (Kubernetes/openshift, harness, lightspeed)
• Knowledge of testing frameworks, like FAST, cucumber, Junit
• SQL Experience using Oracle
• Strong analytic skills
• Good communication skills,

Good to have Skills :

• Experience with Kafka
• Experience with Github, Jira, Sonarcube, Linux
• Technical design & infrastructure design experience
• Experience using AI tools for assisting with Development
• Working with a global team

Required Technical Skills

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Expertise Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL/Oracle, data structures and algorithms.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, design patterns, and enterprise architecture.
• Experience with Git, JIRA, Jenkins/TeamCity, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift and Linux.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodology and SDLC best practices.

AI, Machine Learning & GenAI Skills

• Hands-on use of GitHub Copilot, Devin or similar AI coding assistants.
• Understanding of ML concepts including Isolation Forest for anomaly detection and LSTM models for forecasting and predictive analytics.
• Familiarity with LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and vector search.
• Experience or working knowledge of LangChain, LangGraph, Agent Development Kit (ADK).
• Exposure to AI agents, workflow automation, intelligent assistants, and AI-powered product development.

Leadership & Success Profile

·        Self-motivated, innovative, and results-oriented professional.

·        Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

·        Ability to influence architecture decisions and collaborate with senior stakeholders.

·        Committed to quality, security, risk management, and continuous improvement.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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