Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 07/14/2026
We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Spring Boot Developer to join a high-performing engineering team responsible for designing, developing, and enhancing enterprise-grade applications. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance backend solutions while collaborating closely with architects, business analysts, Dev Ops engineers, and cross-functional teams.
This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about clean code, modern software engineering practices, cloud technologies, and API-driven development.
Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications using Java and Spring Boot.
Build and maintain secure, scalable RESTful APIs and microservices.
Apply software design patterns and object-oriented design principles to build maintainable and extensible applications.
Collaborate with solution architects to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Participate in system design sessions and technical discussions.
Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex production issues.
Ensure applications meet security, performance, scalability, and reliability standards.
Work closely with Dev Ops teams to support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
Continuously improve development standards, coding practices, and engineering processes.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum 7+ years of Java development experience.
Minimum 5+ years of experience developing applications using Spring Boot.
Proven experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
Strong experience building Microservices architecture.
Experience working in Agile development environments.
Technical Skills
Core Technologies
Spring Boot
Spring Framework
Spring Security
Spring Data JPA
Hibernate
REST API Development
Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Lambda
API Gateway
ECS/EKS
EC2
S3
RDS
Cloud Watch
IAM
Software Design
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Domain-Driven Design (advantageous)
Databases
Oracle
My SQL
SQL Server
No SQL databases (Mongo DB/Dynamo DB advantageous)
Integration
REST APIs
JSON
API Security
OAuth2
JWT
Dev Ops & Tools
Git
Maven
Gradle
Jenkins
Docker
Sonar Qube
Testing
JUnit
Mockito
Integration Testing
Unit Testing
API Testing
Desired Experience
Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
Experience with messaging platforms such as Kafka or Rabbit MQ is advantageous.
Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools.
Experience with performance tuning and application optimization.
Exposure to secure software development practices.
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
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