Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer / Lead Software Engineer to join a new enterprise application development project. The selected candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting enterprise-grade applications across frontend, backend, integration, reporting, and database layers.
The ideal candidate should possess strong expertise in ReactJS as the primary technology, complemented by solid hands-on experience in Spring Boot and NodeJS. The role demands the ability to build, optimize, and support high-performance, transaction-intensive applications while leveraging modern AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and software quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise-grade web applications using ReactJS, NodeJS, and Spring Boot.
- Develop responsive, scalable, and high-performance user interfaces with a strong focus on usability, maintainability, and performance.
- Build and integrate RESTful APIs and microservices with frontend applications and external systems.
- Perform application performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production support activities.
- Implement logging, monitoring, exception handling, and transaction management best practices.
- Support secure integrations using WSO2 API Manager and SFTP/OpenSSH.
- Develop and maintain reports using Jasper Reports Server.
- Design, optimize, and troubleshoot PostgreSQL database queries and related database components.
- Participate in code reviews, testing, deployment, and release activities.
- Utilize AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or equivalent solutions for:
- Code generation
- Code refactoring
- Root cause analysis
- Troubleshooting and debugging
- Unit test creation
- Documentation generation
- Productivity improvement
- Ensure compliance with coding standards, security guidelines, and software development lifecycle processes.
Mandatory Technical Skills
Frontend Development (Primary Skill)
- Strong hands-on experience in ReactJS development with the ability to independently develop and maintain complex enterprise applications.
- Deep understanding of:
- Component Architecture
- React Hooks
- Routing
- State Management (Redux Toolkit, Context API)
- Asynchronous API Integration
- Frontend Performance Optimization
- Browser Debugging and Troubleshooting
- Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend development practices.
- Experience handling real-time transactions, performance bottlenecks, logging, and monitoring within enterprise applications.
- Strong understanding of scalable and maintainable frontend architecture and design principles.
Application Platform
- Hands-on experience with NodeJS for application build, dependency management, packaging, deployment, and hosting of ReactJS applications.
- Good understanding of modern frontend build and deployment frameworks.
- Exposure to ExpressJS will be an added advantage.
Backend Development
- Strong development experience in Spring Boot.
- Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs and Microservices.
- Good understanding of:
- Transaction Management
- Exception Handling
- Backend Security
- Application Integration Patterns
- Experience with Apache Tomcat EE and OpenJDK environments.
Integration & Middleware
- WSO2 API Manager (WSO2 APIM)
- SFTP/OpenSSH
- API integration and middleware concepts
Database & Reporting
- PostgreSQL Database
- SQL development and query optimization
- Database performance tuning
- Jasper Reports Server 9.x
Preferred Skills
- ExpressJS
- Agentic AI-assisted software development and engineering practices
- Application monitoring and log analysis tools
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Enterprise application security best practices
- Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies
Desired Technical Competencies
The candidate should have practical experience in:
- Developing and supporting high-volume, transaction-intensive enterprise applications.
- Performance analysis and optimization across frontend, backend, and database layers.
- Debugging and resolving complex production issues.
- Logging, monitoring, root cause analysis, and issue resolution.
- Secure system integrations and API-driven architectures.
- Leveraging AI-assisted tools for software development, code optimization, troubleshooting, and productivity improvement.
- Working effectively within Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
Preferred Candidate Profile
We are specifically seeking a developer who:
- Possesses strong programming skills with hands-on experience in ReactJS, NodeJS, and Spring Boot.
- Demonstrates deep technical expertise in ReactJS and can independently design, develop, optimize, and troubleshoot complex frontend applications.
- Has solid hands-on experience in Spring Boot for developing REST APIs, microservices, backend integrations, and transaction-oriented business services.
- Is proficient in utilizing AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or equivalent tools for code generation, refactoring, debugging, troubleshooting, and engineering productivity enhancement.
- Has experience working on high-performance, real-time, and transaction-intensive enterprise applications.
- Can analyze and resolve performance bottlenecks across frontend, backend, and database layers.
- Possesses strong debugging, logging, monitoring, and production support capabilities.
- Understands secure application development and enterprise integration best practices.
- Is proactive, self-driven, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
- Possesses strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder interaction skills.
- Is comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum-based enterprise application development environment.