Associate Back-end Software Engineer

The Associate Back-end Software Engineer - Microservices is responsible for designing, developing, testing, maintaining and improving application APIs and Microservices. Ass a member of a team, the role will work across key data, orchestration and transactional stacks through the entire application and system development life cycle.

Position Responsibilities

• Designs APIs, Microservices and event streams with which a partner, front end, search and internal applications interacts expecting high availability, low latency and scalability in those interfaces.
• Develops choices around API design, microservices, rules orchestration and applications interfaces that allow cross-discipline teams to use in order to solve customer pain points and challenges
• Presents prototypes to a large internal and external audience as well as key stakeholders of Product as and when required
• Participates in application interface, transactional, and orchestration problem-solving with product team and relevant stakeholders
• Collaborates with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, transactions and application capabilities.
• Conceptualizes original ideas that bring simplicity and ease of adoption to complex design roadblocks
• Creates Swagger, API storyboards, orchestration flows, rules flows, transaction flows, event flows, data transformation flows and API catalogues to effectively communicate and design ideas

Required Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of experience in API Gateways, Messaging, Data Event Streaming, REST, SOAP, Distributed Tracing, Relational and Document Database Interface/SQL
• Proficiency with Messaging Frameworks, Data Streaming Frameworks, Data Event Frameworks, Conductor, API Orchestration, API Gateway, BPM, Rules/Constraint Definitions, oAuth Security and Document/Rational Database tools
• Experience in PCF and AKS is a plus
• Experience in using Java Spring Boot in designing APIs for web, mobile or other systems/applications
• Demonstrable contract driven design skills with a strong portfolio of messaging and event design skills; up-to-date with the latest API, JSON, Rabbit MQ/Messaging, application integration and data transformation trends, techniques and technologies
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively; experience in creating API and Rules prototypes
• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members; able to coach, participate in code reviews, share skills and methods
• Constantly learns from both success and failure
• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion
• Good verbal and written communication; effectively articulates technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
• Familiarity with DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features
• Experiments with emerging technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next

When You Join Our Team

• We'll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We'll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife And John Hancock
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Working Arrangement
Hybrid