Java Backend – Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs & Database

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking a Java Backend Lead to lead a team of Java developers and deliver high-quality, scalable backend applications and systems. The role focuses on Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, RESTful services, databases, and cloud-enabled solutions.

The Java Backend

Lead will translate business requirements into technical solutions, guide development activities, resolve technical issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support innovation. The role contributes to business objectives by delivering reliable Java-based solutions for large enterprise environments while maintaining quality, scalability, performance, and delivery standards.

Software Requirements

Required Software Skills

• Java: Extensive knowledge of Java programming and related technologies; experience developing and maintaining Java-based applications and systems.
• Spring Boot: Hands-on experience developing backend applications and services using Spring Boot.
• Microservices: Practical experience designing, developing, integrating, and supporting microservices-based applications.
• RESTful services: Experience designing, developing, consuming, and maintaining REST APIs.
• Databases: Experience working with databases, data access, SQL, transactions, queries, and database integration.
• Cloud computing: Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and their application to Java and microservices solutions.
• Agile and Scrum: Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
• Development versions: Experience working with the Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST, database, cloud, and development tool versions used by the assigned Synechron project.

Preferred Software Skills

• Experience with multiple Spring modules and persistence technologies.
• Familiarity with containerized microservices and orchestration platforms.
• Experience with API documentation, service monitoring, centralized logging, and application performance tools.
• Knowledge of automated testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and deployment automation.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture, messaging systems, or distributed application patterns.
• Advanced certification in Java development or a related technology discipline.

Equivalent tools and technologies may be considered where they provide comparable capabilities.

Overall Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Java developers and support high-quality software delivery.
• Provide technical direction, mentoring, task guidance, and code-review support to Java development team members.
• Develop and maintain Java-based applications and systems.
• Design and implement scalable, efficient, secure, and maintainable Java solutions that meet business requirements.
• Develop and maintain Spring Boot applications, microservices, REST APIs, and database integrations.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical designs, implementation plans, and deliverable software.
• Establish and promote appropriate coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and support practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and drive innovation.
• Review technical designs and implementation approaches for scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application, integration, database, deployment, and performance issues in a timely manner.
• Participate in Agile and Scrum ceremonies, including planning, estimation, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery discussions.
• Support the delivery of Java-based solutions for large enterprise environments.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, patterns, and development practices that align with business and technical objectives.
• Support sustainable software practices by encouraging reusable components, efficient processing, maintainable services, and responsible use of infrastructure resources.
• Ensure delivery outcomes meet agreed requirements for quality, security, performance, reliability, and timelines.

Technical Skills (By Category)

Programming Languages

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of Java programming.
• Experience developing enterprise Java applications and backend systems.
• Understanding of object-oriented programming, exception handling, collections, concurrency, and maintainable code practices.
• Ability to write scalable, testable, readable, and maintainable Java code.

Preferred

• Familiarity with additional programming languages used for automation, integration, or cloud-native development.
• Experience with scripting for deployment, testing, monitoring, or operational support.
• Knowledge of modern Java language features relevant to the assigned project.

Databases/Data Management

Essential

• Experience integrating Java and Spring Boot applications with databases.
• Understanding of SQL, data modelling, tables, relationships, indexes, transactions, and query performance.
• Ability to design and review data-access solutions for microservices and enterprise applications.
• Experience troubleshooting database-related application issues.

Preferred

• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with database optimization, schema migration, caching, transaction management, and data consistency.
• Understanding of data ownership and persistence considerations in microservices architecture.

Cloud Technologies

Essential

• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and infrastructure.
• Understanding of how cloud environments support application deployment, scalability, availability, monitoring, and resilience.
• Ability to collaborate with cloud and infrastructure teams to support Java and microservices solutions.

Preferred

• Experience deploying and supporting Java or Spring Boot services in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with containers, orchestration, configuration management, service discovery, and cloud monitoring.
• Awareness of resource-efficient architecture and cloud cost considerations.

Frameworks and Libraries

Essential

• Strong experience with Spring Boot .
• Experience designing and developing microservices.
• Experience developing and integrating RESTful web services.
• Understanding of dependency injection, configuration management, service-layer design, and application integration.
• Experience with appropriate database-access and persistence technologies.

Preferred

• Familiarity with additional Spring modules and enterprise integration libraries.
• Experience with API gateways, resilience patterns, service discovery, distributed tracing, or asynchronous processing.
• Exposure to messaging, event-driven architecture, or distributed systems.

Development Tools and Methodologies

Essential

• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with software development lifecycle activities, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
• Experience with code reviews, source control, defect resolution, technical documentation, and release processes.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and support consistent engineering practices.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise software solutions.

Preferred

• Familiarity with continuous integration, continuous delivery, automated testing, build tools, and deployment pipelines.
• Experience with Git or equivalent source-control systems.
• Knowledge of application monitoring, centralized logging, code-quality analysis, and performance testing tools.
• Experience with technical estimation, delivery planning, risk management, and process improvement.

Security Protocols

Essential

• Understanding of secure software development practices for Java applications, REST APIs, databases, and microservices.
• Awareness of authentication, authorization, input validation, secure configuration, and protection of sensitive data.
• Ability to identify and ad