Core Java Developer

Key Responsibilities

• System Design & Architecture

• Implement and optimize components within existing distributed systems under guidance.

• Assist in the implementation of components of distributed systems that support horizontal and vertical scaling under the guidance of senior engineers.

• Optimize code segments and/or systems for large-scale data processing with oversight from senior engineers.

• Implement scalability requirements for assigned components.

• Learn about the use of data plane platforms for large-scale data retrieval, storage, and processing.

• Execute performance and load testing, with guidance.

• Collaborate with the team to build fault-tolerant components capable of withstanding in-service updates by learning about redundancy, replication, and automatic failover mechanisms.

• Learn about recovery-oriented computing principles and assist in applying them to component designs.

• Configure and test retry mechanisms, circuit breakers, and timeouts to help handle network unreliability, with guidance.

• Implement testing and alarming configurations to detect issues/failures.

• Support efforts to recover from failures by drafting and executing runbooks and operational procedures, under guidance.

• Help build dashboards, telemetry systems, and alerting mechanisms to monitor component health.

• Implement functional requirements and testing for assigned features within an existing system.

• Implement test scenarios (e.g., fault-injection, brown-out) to evaluate system correctness, under guidance.

• Help implement basic data replication and synchronization techniques to maintain data integrity and availability.

• Operational Troubleshooting & Incident Management

• Assist in diagnosing and debugging issues in system components to support ongoing operation, under supervision.

• Follow protocols to prevent interruptions, ensuring no maintenance windows are required for customers and users when resolving issues.

• Run basic automation scripts and tooling to troubleshoot operational issues.

• Participate in operational support rotations, assisting in incident responses and root cause investigations.

• Compliance & Security

• Assist in implementing basic security measures to protect data and applications in multi-tenant environments, including encryption and access controls.

• Assist in the execution of remediation plans to address identified security gaps, under supervision.

• Support the creation and updating of documentation to ensure cloud infrastructure is in compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations.

• Automation & Change Management

• Assist in maintaining basic automation scripts and tools (e.g., Infrastructure as Code (IaC)).

• Adhere to change management plans for patching, updating, and rolling back applications, under guidance.

• Planning & Execution

• Track timelines with minimal supervision, ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and is in alignment with project requirements.

• Prioritize and adjust work as resources or timelines change, with some guidance.

• Collaboration & Partnership

• Collaborate within the team to better understand expectations and achieve shared objectives.

• Leverage a foundational understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build partnerships with limited guidance.

• Actively listen and ask questions to enhance collaboration.

• Build a basic understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs with guidance.

• Problem Solving

• Identify and address issues, escalating problems to senior staff as needed in accordance with standard procedures.

• Compile and review data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.

• Continuous Learning

• Seek opportunities to gain knowledge and learn new skills and/or tools aligned with industry trends and best practices.

• Utilize feedback and training to improve skills.

• Participate in a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

• Continuous Improvement

• Implement updates to processes, protocols, and workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness as directed, with some guidance.

• Contribute to ideation for future process improvements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Core Java
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Familiarity with scalability requirements.
• Experience with performance/load testing.
• Configuration of resiliency features (retries, circuit breakers, timeouts).
• Building telemetry and alerts.
• Developing runbook-driven procedures.
• Delivering scoped features.
• Implementing fault-injection tests.
• Basic data replication and synchronization implementation.
• Assisting with on-call rotations.
• Using automation/IaC scripts for troubleshooting.
• Following change, security, and compliance procedures (encryption, access controls, remediation plans).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)