Senior Full Stack Developer (Java & Platform Engin

Senior Full Stack Developer (Java & Platform Engineering)

Role Purpose

Lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of microservices and platform capabilities on AWS EKS using Java 21 and Spring Boot. Own critical engineering decisions across application and platform layers (runtime, CI/CD, observability, security), and ensure delivery quality, performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities & Work Outputs

• Architecture & Design: Contribute to the definition and evolution of microservice and API architectures (domain boundaries, reliability patterns, security controls) using Java 21, Spring Framework/Spring Boot, Tomcat (embedded), and REST; apply concurrency/performance features where appropriate.
• Platform Engineering: Design, implement, and operate container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) on AWS EKSincluding cluster provisioning, node pools, autoscaling, upgrade strategies, ingress, service mesh (if applicable), multi-environment topology, as well as networking, VPC, and subnet setups within the AWS tenant.
• Platform Engineering: Establish Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform/CloudFormation), Gitlab pipelines (e.g., Argo CD/Flux), and golden path templates for services.
• Cloud Engineering: Engineer solutions on AWS (e.g., EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, ECR, CloudWatch) with secure-by-default patterns (network segmentation, least privilege, secrets management).
• Delivery Excellence: Own CI/CD for services and platforms (build, test, security scanning, artifact management, progressive delivery/blue-green/canary).
• Quality & Non-Functionals: Define and verify NFRs (performance, scalability, resiliency, security) and implement automation (contract tests, integration tests, performance tests).

• Reliability & Operations: Lead complex incident resolution and drive permanent fixes through architectural improvements.
• Documentation: Produce technical specifications and operational playbooks; ensure traceability from requirements to deployed solutions.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure adherence to secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP), data protection (e.g., POPIA), architecture guardrails, and risk controls.

Client Services

• Engage with product owners, business stakeholders, and operations to translate requirements into robust solutions and set clear expectations on timelines, risks, and trade-offs.
• Uphold service levels and proactively identify opportunities to improve customer outcomes through reliability, performance, and usability.
• Technical Leadership
  
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