Senior Applications Developer - Java/Spring Boot

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Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Application Developer

Experience Range: 8-12 Years
Location: Chennai, Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-Time

About UPS

UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions that include transportation, distribution, supply chain management, and e-commerce. Founded in 1907, UPS operates in over 220 countries and territories, delivering packages and providing specialized services worldwide. Our mission is to enable commerce by connecting people, places, and businesses, with a strong focus on sustainability and innovation.

About UPS Tracking Visibility

Tracking Visibility is a highly available set of services and APIs that provide capability to track different types of shipments delivered by UPS. System is leveraged by UPS customers and internal applications to receive real-time status of packages serving up to 1 billion requests in a single day. Tracking data includes scheduled delivery date and commit times, package movements, origin and destination addresses, UPS access point information and various other shipment attributes. This team works closely with all our customers to build innovative technologies that are customized to drive our business and provide the ultimate customer experience.

About the Role:

The Senior Applications Developer provides input and performs full systems life cycle management activities (e.g., analyses, technical requirements, design, coding, testing, implementation of applications software, etc.) for business critical UPS.com Track Visibility applications. Candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving  skills. He/She collaborates with teams and supports emerging technologies and must have strong verbal and written communication skills. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in designing, developing, and deploying scalable web applications while adhering to the SAFe Agile methodology using Azure DevOps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain Java Spring Boot based Restful Web Services.
• Design and implement microservices-based solutions for high scalability and maintainability.
• Develop and maintain OCP4 and GCP hosted solutions, ensuring high availability and security.
• Participate in SAFe Agile ceremonies including PI planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Utilize Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline setup, version control, and automated deployments.
• Perform code reviews, ensure coding standards, and mentor junior developers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across frontend and backend systems.

Primary Skills:

• Backend:
  • Java, Spring Boot, HTTP Protocol and Java Servlet Architecture, Java Messaging Service, NoSQL Database, JSON, XML
• Cloud:
  • OpenShift, Google Cloud Platform
• DevOps & CI/CD:
  • Azure DevOps – Pipelines, Repos, Boards
• Architecture & Design Patterns:
  • Restful Web Service Client/Server Development
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Object Oriented Analysis and Design
  • Messaging Queue and Pub/Sub architecture

Secondary Skills:

• Testing:
  • Unit Testing (xUnit, NUnit) and Integration Testing.
  • Cucumber
  • JMeter
• API Management:
  • RESTful API design and development.
  • API Gateway, OAuth, OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Security & Performance:
  • Application performance optimization and monitoring.
• Methodologies:
  • SAFe Agile Framework – Familiarity with PI Planning, Iterations, and Agile ceremonies.
• Tools & Collaboration:
  • Git, IntelliJ or Eclipse
  • Collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Proven experience in client and server-side web service development.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native application design, especially on GCP.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to lead technical discussions.

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Google Cloud Platform services: Google Cloud Storage, Big Table, Pub/Sub
• Knowledge of Code Quality Inspection Tools, Dependency Management Systems and Software Vulnerability Detection and Remediation

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Effective time management and organizational capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with cross-functional teams.

About the Team

You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team of passionate developers, architects, and product owners dedicated to building high-performance web applications. Our team values innovation, continuous learning, and agile best practices. We work closely using the SAFe Agile framework and foster an inclusive environment where everyone's ideas are valued.

Employee Type:

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.