About this Junior Backend Engineer role at TAWANTECH
Purpose:
To develop, maintain, and support reliable backend applications and services that enable business capabilities and digital products in accordance with established engineering and security standards.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain backend services and APIs in Java and Spring Boot within a microservices architecture.
- Translate functional and technical requirements into working, tested software.
- Integrate services with databases, internal platforms, and external partner systems.
- Work with event streaming and messaging (Kafka, MQ) under guidance.
- Write clean, maintainable, testable code in line with engineering standards.
- Perform unit testing, debugging, and defect resolution.
- Apply secure coding practices, including authentication, authorization, and data protection requirements.
- Support deployment and monitoring on containerized platforms (OpenShift/Kubernetes) through established CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and squad ceremonies.
- Support production troubleshooting under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Maintain relevant technical documentation.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development practices and application quality.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 2 years of backend development experience.
- Working knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL, and Git.
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and debugging fundamentals.