You will work on enterprise-grade applications and microservices in a collaborative Agile environment alongside experienced developers, architects, and DevOps engineers.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- 4+ years of Java development experience
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems
- Exposure to reactive programming (Web Flux/Reactor) advantageous
- Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Passion for clean, maintainable, and scalable code
Required Technical Skills:
Core Java
- Java 18-21
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Collections Framework
- Multithreading & Concurrency
- JVM tuning & memory management
- Exception handling
- Functional programming concepts
Frameworks & Tools
- Spring Boot
- Spring Framework
- Spring Security
- Spring Data JPA / Hibernate
- Maven or Gradle
API & Integration
- REST APIs
- JSON/XML processing
- Kafka or RabbitMQ
- OpenAPI / Swagger
Databases
- PostgreSQL / MySQL / Oracle
- SQL optimization
- Exposure to MongoDB or Redis advantageous
Reference Number for this position is GZ61325 which is a permanent position based in Rivonia offering a cost to company salary of R1.2m per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on [email protected] or call him on011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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