Java Developer
About this role
Position: Java Developer
Location: Colombia
Work Model: Full time remote
Experience Required: 4-7 years
Summary
Abacus is hiring an experienced Java Developer to design, develop, and deploy high-volume, low-latency microservices. The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, comfortable communicating with clients, and skilled in Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, PostgreSQL, and event-driven systems using Apache Kafka.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy microservices using Spring Boot and the Spring Framework.
- Build and optimize data persistence layers using JPA/Hibernate with PostgreSQL.
- Develop and integrate RESTful APIs.
- Implement distributed, event-driven systems using Apache Kafka.
- Improve application performance using caching (Spring Cache, Caffeine).
- Work with Spring Cloud for service discovery, API gateways, and circuit breakers.
- Manage configurations through Spring Cloud Config.
- Explore and integrate low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions where relevant.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality features.
- Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues.
- Lead and guide junior developers when required.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong proficiency in Java development.
- Extensive experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and microservices architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.
- Expertise in JPA/Hibernate and PostgreSQL with advanced SQL skills.
- Good understanding of transactional management (@Transactional) and ACID compliance.
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Familiarity with Spring Cache and Caffeine for caching.
- Understanding of LCNC platforms for business process automation.
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
General Skills
- Experience leading development teams.
- Strong client communication skills.
- Self-motivated and able to manage work independently.
- Good time management and attention to detail.
Company at a glance
For nearly 40 years, Abacus has been offering cutting-edge business solutions helping organisations to transform their visions into realities through a combination of latest business methodologies and technological tools. The business value offered by Abacus has a deep scale, is industry focused and technology driven with a world class delivery capability. We help to transform the businesses of clients who want to be leaders in their industry.
Abacus is founded on one simple belief, that change is the only constant in our world and that as enterprises and individuals, we must all respond to change with vision, courage and integrity. We are passionate about being partners to our clients, as advisers, consultants, technology specialists, systems integrators and outsourcers. For the people at Abacus, fulfillment is seeing our clients transform into truly great organisations.
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