Intermediate Java Developer at Muse Consultancy Services

The Key Purpose of the role:

• Work closely with a passionate development team to design, develop and maintain Java based solutions for a dynamic, multi-national company that sets the benchmark in its industry .

 Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

• Develop, test, and maintain high quality application software. 
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues. 
• Assist with the production of technical specifications and designs 
• Promote new technologies and share knowledge within the team. 
• Recommend improvements to development processes, contribute to implementation plans, and assist in rollout 
• Perform code reviews 

 Personal Attributes And Skills:

• Passionate about technology and development. 
• Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines 
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. 
• Able to deal with complexity and migrate between detailed and high level requirements. 
• IMPORTANT: Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work with minimal supervision. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

Education And Experience:

Minimum

• Matric/Grade 12  
• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar). 

Preferred

• Formal Java qualifications. 
• AWS certifications 

Minimum

• 3 years Java systems development experience. 
• Java EE knowledge and experience. 
• Experience with XML/XSD/JAXB and Web Services. 
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks. 
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns. 
• Spring/Springboot Framework. 
• ORM/Hibernate/JPA experience. 
• JMS, Tibco EMS, Kafka experience. 
• SQL knowledge. 
• SOAP and REST (XML/JSON) 
• AWS experience 

Preferred

• Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks. 
• Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, etc.) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Figma) 
• Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development. 
• Python experience.