Associate Engineer - Backend

About the Role

**Job Title \- Associate Engineer – Backend –Associate\- ACS Song** **Management Level: Level 12 – Associate** **Location: Kochi** **Must have skills: Java/Springboot** **Good to have skills: Agile Project Management** **Experience: 1\-2 years of experience is required** **Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)** **Job Summary** We are seeking a skilled and motivated Java/Spring Developer with 1–2 years of hands\-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high\-performance Java applications. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of object\-oriented programming, backend development, and modern software engineering best practices. You will be responsible for writing clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross\-functional teams, and contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle. **Roles and Responsibilities** * Write clean, maintainable, and well\-documented Java code following team coding standards, good debugging skillset * Collaborate on technical implementation, assist other developers and consult in implementation and development * Demonstrate capability to effectively assimilate new skills and use of new technologies. * Exceptional productivity and attention to product quality issues * Be accountable to deliver the task to the agreed standards * Adhere to development standards and architectural guidelines set by the Solution Design team * Contribute to the development of eCommerce features and support integration with external systems under guidance. * Continuously learn and keep up with new technologies relevant to the project and team. * Demonstrate abilities to effectively communicate ideas and to mentor less experienced team members * Proactively explore new tools and technologies and contribute ideas during discussions. * Act as the key trouble\-shooter in complex/escalated incidents * Provide innovative ideas and solutions in an ever\-changing environment with up\-to\-date knowledge regarding existing technologies. **Professional and Technical Skills:** * Strong development skills in Java 11 or above. * Should have strong acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem\-solving and Logical/Analytical skills. * Hands\-on experience with Spring, Spring Boot. * Develop and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Spring Boot * Hands\-on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j) * Experience writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Power Mock frameworks. * Solid understanding of OOPS concepts and basic design principles such as SOLID and DRY. * Sound understanding of concepts like Exception handling, Serialization/Deserialization and Immutability concepts, etc. * Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing, etc. * Basic understanding of multi\-threading concepts and familiarity with Java's Concurrent package, hands\-on experience is a plus. * Basic understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections concepts. * Experience in RDBMS or NoSQL databases and writing SQL queries * Hands\-on experience in creating RESTful webservices and consuming webservices * Familiar with CI/CD pipeline * Good understanding of any of the cloud technologies. * Hands\-on experience in using code quality tools like SonarQube * Experience with Code management tools. * Basic awareness of caching concepts such as in\-memory caching and hands\-on experience is a plus. **Additional Information** **About Our Company \| Accenture** **(do not remove the hyperlink)**