Java Software Engineer

1. Total Experience

• Must have 6-8 years of IT experience.
• Prefer candidates with at least 5 years of hands-on Java backend development experience.

1. Core Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on expertise in Java (Java 8/11/17/21).
• Deep understanding of Collections, Multithreading, Concurrency, Exception Handling, JVM, Design Patterns, and OOP concepts.
• Extensive experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring MVC,

1. Microservices & API Skills

• Experience designing and developing Microservices.
• Strong REST API development and integration experience.
• Knowledge of API Gateway, Service Discovery, Configuration Management.
• SOAP services exposure is an advantage

1. Database Skills

• Hands-on experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.

1. Messaging & Integration

• Experience with Kafka or RabbitMQ/MQ.
• Experience in Event-Driven Architecture

Good to have skills: Apache Camel, CI/CD Pipelines, Monitoring Tools like Splunk, Grafana or Geneos.

Knowledge of tools like Jira Confluence Bitbucket

Recent Project Eligibility (Most Important)

• Worked as Java Backend Developer / Senior Developer / Tech Lead.
• Developed enterprise-scale applications.
• Built microservices-based solutions.
• Designed or integrated REST APIs.
• Used Spring Boot as primary framework.
• Participated in architecture discussions, code reviews, CI/CD

Preferred Domain Experience

• Banking, Payments, Financial Services, Digital Banking, or Enterprise Applications.

Leadership & Delivery

• Experience mentoring junior developers.
• Participation in Agile/Scrum projects.
• Technical ownership of modules/features.

Scoring Model

• Core Java: 25%
• Spring/Spring Boot Stack: 20%
• Microservices & API Development: 20%
• Recent Relevant Projects (last 5 years): 20%
• Database & Messaging Technologies: 10%
• Leadership, Agile & Production Support: 5%