Sr. Java Developer

About Encora 

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.   

 At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.

Technical Skills

• At least 5 years of related software development experience.
• Languages:
  • Java: 5+ years
  • Web: HTML, JavaScript: 3+ years
• Database: Oracle, SQL, JDBC (5+ years)
• Environment: Git, Maven, Ant, Eclipse/IntelliJ, Junit, Docker (3+ years)
• Technologies/Frameworks:
  • Spring Framework / Spring Boot / REST (3+ years)
  • Spring Data/Hibernate/JPA, (2+ years)
  • WebLogic/Tomcat (3+ years)
  • Redis, Elasticsearch or other NoSQL DB (2+ years)

Essential Functions and Tasks

• Consistently writes and documents high-quality code to solve features of moderate complexity and projects with multiple dependencies.
• Writes tests to verify the functionality and stability of code; establishes monitoring and alerting systems to ensure code reliability; contributes to defining standards in testing, security, monitoring, and alerting systems.
• Participates in on-call rotations and stakeholder inquiries, follows best practices to troubleshoot and manage production incidents independently.
• Solicits and responds to code review feedback to improve code and obtain code approval; provides feedback on code and design to other engineers.
• Identifies and reduces code level tech debt (e.g. code duplication, low test coverage).
• Proactively improves the performance and efficiency of our own software and systems.
• Exercises good judgment on engineering tradeoffs for a feature.
• Applies knowledge of software design patterns or best practices and evaluates trade-offs to contribute to high quality design and artifacts (e.g. ERD, design notes) that address the business requirements.
• Leverages relevant existing solutions and identifies opportunities to improve existing solutions.
• Works with stakeholders to understand and translate customer problems or business requirements into system design.
• Collaborates with peers to identify opportunities for operational improvements within the immediate team.