Senior Java Spring Boot Developer

Job Information

Date Opened

07/14/2026

Job Type

Contract

Industry

Financial Services

Salary

1 300 000 - 1 400 000

City

Cape Town

State/Province

Western Cape

Country

South Africa

Zip/Postal Code

7100

About the Role

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, DevOps 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain secure, scalable RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Develop cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services.
• 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 DevOps 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.

Minimum Requirements

• 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

• Java 11/17+
• Spring Boot
• Spring Framework
• Spring Security
• Spring Data JPA
• Hibernate
• REST API Development
• Microservices Architecture

Cloud

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• ECS/EKS
• EC2
• S3
• RDS
• CloudWatch
• IAM

Software Design

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• SOLID Principles
• Design Patterns (Factory, Strategy, Builder, Singleton, Observer, etc.)
• Domain-Driven Design (advantageous)

Databases

• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• MySQL
• SQL Server
• NoSQL databases (MongoDB/DynamoDB advantageous)

Integration

• REST APIs
• JSON
• Swagger/OpenAPI
• API Security
• OAuth2
• JWT

DevOps & Tools

• Git
• Maven
• Gradle
• Jenkins
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD Pipelines
• SonarQube

Testing

• JUnit
• Mockito
• Integration Testing
• Unit Testing
• API Testing

Desired Experience

• Experience delivering enterprise-scale applications.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with messaging platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ 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.
• Excellent com