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Guardian Life

Engineer - IT

Guardian Life
India · Full-time · Not Applicable

Job Description:

We are looking for a talented Java Developer with strong Core Java skills and hands-on experience in Spring Boot and Microservices. The ideal candidate should have a solid understanding of backend development principles and experience building reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications. Familiarity with relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and modern testing practices is essential. Knowledge of AWS and DevOps tools will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications using Spring Boot and Microservices architecture.
  • Build and implement RESTful APIs, ensuring smooth integration between systems.
  • Work with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, including query optimization and schema design.
  • Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following object-oriented principles and design patterns.
  • Create and maintain unit tests and integration tests using JUnit and Mockito.
  • Collaborate with QA, DevOps, Product Management, and other cross-functional teams.
  • Participate in code reviews, troubleshoot issues, and perform performance tuning.
  • Stay updated with evolving technologies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Ability to debug, analytical skills, prod support

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • 3–5 years of hands-on experience in Java development.
  • Strong knowledge of Core Java (Collections, Multithreading, Exception Handling, Streams, etc.).
  • Experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Microservices.
  • Solid understanding of RESTful API concepts and best practices.
  • Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Git, Maven/Gradle.
  • Proficiency with testing frameworks including JUnit and Mockito.
  • Good understanding of software design principles and design patterns.
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  • Familiarity with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) is a plus.
  • Leveraging AI productivity tools such as Github Co-pilot
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

Key Skills

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java spring boot microservices devops mysql junit cicd aws restful apis postgresql jenkins cloud git ai s3
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Posted
Jun 17, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Not Applicable
Location
Chennai

Industries

Financial Services

Categories

Engineering Information Technology

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