Job Role:- Backend Engineer – Java & Alibaba Cloud
Job Location:- Singapore
Experience:- 5+ Years
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and microservices using Java, Spring technologies, and Alibaba Cloud.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend applications and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build secure, scalable, and high-performance RESTful APIs and services.
- Develop and support microservices architecture, including service discovery, API gateways, messaging, and distributed systems.
- Deploy and manage applications on Alibaba Cloud services.
- Develop database integrations and optimize application and database performance.
- Implement containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Support CI/CD pipelines, code quality, testing, and application deployment.
- Troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.
Skills & Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Java 8/11/17, including Collections, Multithreading, Concurrency, Exception Handling, JVM tuning, and Design Patterns.
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Hibernate/JPA.
- Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture, API Gateway, Service Discovery, Circuit Breakers, Distributed Transactions, and messaging platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Hands-on experience with Alibaba Cloud (Ali Cloud), including ECS, ACK, OSS, RDS, SLB, Cloud Monitor, Function Compute, RAM, Container Registry, and VPC.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins/GitLab CI, Maven/Gradle, Git, and SonarQube.
- Experience with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.