Junior Backend Engineer

About the Role

TAWANTECH is seeking a Junior Backend Engineer with 2-5 years of experience to join their team. This full-time role focuses on developing, maintaining, and supporting reliable backend applications and services. The successful candidate will contribute to enabling business capabilities and digital products, ensuring adherence to established engineering and security standards.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this position is to contribute to the backend development lifecycle, from translating requirements into functional software to supporting deployments and troubleshooting. The Junior Backend Engineer will work within a microservices architecture, focusing on robust and secure application development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot within a microservices architecture.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into working, tested software solutions.
• Integrate services with various databases, internal platforms, and external partner systems.
• Work with event streaming and messaging technologies such as Kafka and MQ, under guidance.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code in alignment with engineering standards.
• Perform unit testing, debugging, and resolution of defects.
• Apply secure coding practices, including implementing authentication, authorization, and data protection requirements.
• Support deployment and monitoring activities on containerized platforms like OpenShift/Kubernetes through established CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate actively in code reviews, technical discussions, and squad ceremonies.
• Support production troubleshooting efforts under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Maintain relevant technical documentation for developed applications and services.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development practices and overall application quality.

Required Experience

Candidates should possess 2-5 years of experience in backend engineering roles, demonstrating a solid understanding of the duties outlined above.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.

Application Process

Salary details for this position will be discussed during the interview process.