
Posted 22 days ago
Backend Software Engineer
AI Summary
Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs for a Network as a Service platform, using Java/Spring and Kotlin/Spring Boot, while reducing technical debt and participating in agile development.
About this role
You’re a software engineer who is well respected by your peers, and collaborates and communicates effectively. You are familiar with Spring and enjoy taking ownership over a product. That means, paying down technical debt, thinking of the users (internal and external), and solving interesting technical problems. Our main code base is in Java / Spring MVC but we’re actively moving to Kotlin / Spring Boot. We’re a tech company, our product is in the technical space and we need great engineers to make a great product! Interest in advanced networking is a bonus!
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Software Engineer at Megaport, you'll contribute to the evolution of our core business systems. Your responsibilities will include:
Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs for seamless customer integration. Ensure API scalability, security, and adherence to best practices.
Proactively manage and reduce technical debt while optimising system architecture, ensuring stability and performance.
Actively participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing.
Applying and promoting best practices and design patterns within our engineering teams.
Drive the complete lifecycle of small feature development, from initial concept and design through to implementation and successful delivery.
Participate actively in Megaport's agile development process and drive continuous improvement within the engineering team.
What We Are Looking For
3+ years of software development experience in Java - OO design and associated design patterns.
Experience in building services and tools in the context of web applications.
Accomplished in problem solving and troubleshooting.
Strong data modelling skills with experience working with relational databases using SQL, ideally Hibernate.
Demonstrated collaboration and communication skills.
An ability to reason logically, question appropriately and present technical information clearly and concisely.
Bonus: Experience with network (IP routing, MPLS).
Bonus: Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP etc).
Bonus: Experience with Kotlin, JavaScript, Python.
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