Java Developer

We're looking for a skilled Java Developer to help design, build, enhance, and support secure, scalable enterprise applications in a financial services environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on backend engineer who enjoys collaborating across teams, solving complex technical problems, and delivering reliable solutions that support important business workflows.
Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based applications and microservices using Spring Boot and related frameworks.
• Build and support RESTful APIs that enable enterprise business processes and system integrations.
• Develop backend business logic, data access components, and integration layers using Java, Spring Boot, and Oracle Database.
• Write clean, secure, maintainable, and testable code that aligns with engineering standards.
• Work with Oracle SQL, database schemas, stored procedures, indexes, constraints, and query tuning to support performance and data integrity.
• Participate in solution design discussions, API definition, technical documentation, code reviews, and delivery planning.
• Troubleshoot issues across development, testing, and production environments, including root-cause analysis and defect resolution.
• Support application reliability, observability, and production readiness through logging, monitoring, and operational best practices.
• Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, QA, DevOps, architects, and developers in an Agile environment.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts focused on code quality, automation, performance, and delivery efficiency.

Skills

• Strong experience with Java backend development and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining REST APIs.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Database and Oracle SQL.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and enterprise application development.
• Ability to write secure, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues and supporting application stability.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort working in an Agile delivery model.
• Strong collaboration, ownership, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with Angular or other modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience in banking, lending, payments, risk, compliance, or similar financial services environments.
• Exposure to Spring Security, OAuth/OIDC, JWT, or API gateway patterns.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, or other cloud-native/containerized environments.
• Knowledge of messaging or event-driven tools such as Kafka or IBM MQ.
• Experience with observability tools such as Elastic, Grafana, AppDynamics, or Dynatrace.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, automated deployments, and release management.
• Understanding of Java and Oracle performance tuning.
• Experience creating technical documentation, API specs, or operational runbooks.
• Awareness of regulated-environment expectations such as auditability, access control, data protection, and change discipline.

Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage candidates who bring different experiences, ideas, and approaches to apply.

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