B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional work experience. 5+ years proven experience developing software in a professional capacity. Longer experience preferred. 2+ years proven experience with Java, including proficiency in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization techniques. Proficiency in OOP principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns (e.g.
GoF), with a proven focus on implementing testable, maintainable, and extensible backend code. Experience building production applications with the Spring ecosystem (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Cloud, etc.), including proficiency in dependency injection, auto-configuration, reactive programming with WebFlux, and designing microservices using Spring-based patterns. Proficiency in Java web (e.g. ServiceTalk, Spring, Dropwizard, Quarkus, Micronaut, etc.) and unit testing frameworks (e.g.
JUnit, Mockito, etc.). Experience designing, implementing, and shipping high-scale, high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud-based distributed systems. Experience in API design and implementation, including proficiency in RESTful API principles, gRPC, GraphQL, contract-first design (e.g. OpenAPI/Swagger, Protobuf, etc.), API versioning strategies, gateway patterns, rate limiting, and designing APIs for backward compatibility and long-term evolution.