Staff Engineer, Java

As a Staff Engineer, Java at our company, you will be expected to design, develop, and maintain Java applications with an emphasis on performance and scalability. Additionally, you will develop microservices using Spring Boot, integrate RESTful APIs, and work on database technologies for efficient data management.

We require our Staff Engineer, Java candidates to have at least 7 years of hands-on experience with Java 8+, Spring Boot, and Hibernate. A strong understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful API development, and proficiency in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP is also essential.

Candidates for the Staff Engineer, Java position should be adept in various technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, messaging queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ, and have a good grasp of multithreading and data structures.

The work environment for a Staff Engineer, Java in this remote position is supportive and collaborative. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and participate in Agile ceremonies, contributing actively to sprint planning and code reviews.

While not mandatory, familiarity with front-end technologies like Angular or React is considered a plus for candidates applying for the Staff Engineer, Java role, as it can enhance collaboration with front-end teams.

When answering this question, highlight your hands-on experience with Java 8+ features, how you have implemented them in projects, and how they enhance the performance and maintainability of applications. Provide specific examples of challenges you faced and how you resolved them.

Outline your systematic approach to developing microservices, including defining the problem, designing the architecture, coding, testing, and deploying using Spring Boot. Discuss your experience with RESTful APIs and ensuring secure interactions between services.

Discuss your commitment to best coding practices, including code reviews, using design patterns, unit testing with JUnit or Mockito, and continuous integration practices to maintain high standards of code quality.

Share specific instances where you've deployed applications on cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, detailing services you've utilized and the benefits of those platforms in terms of scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.

Provide a detailed account of a specific performance issue you encountered, the steps you took to investigate and diagnose the problem, and the solutions you implemented to optimize the application's performance successfully.

Discuss your experience with setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, mentioning specific tools you've used, how you've automated testing and deployment processes, and the impact this has had on your development workflow.

Explain your systematic approach to debugging Java applications, including tools and methodologies you utilize to identify the root cause of issues and how you effectively communicate these challenges and solutions with your team.

Discuss your understanding of Agile methodologies, how you've applied them in your own work, and the benefits of iterative development, team collaboration, and responsiveness to change throughout the software development lifecycle.

Share a specific example of collaboration with cross-functional teams, detailing the communication strategies you employed, challenges faced, and how this collaboration resulted in a successful project outcome.

Discuss your experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, emphasizing how they streamline development, enhance scalability, and improve application deployment processes.