Senior Engineer - Java

Guardian Life

Experience: 4+ yrs
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

Java
Spring Boot
REST APIs
AWS
PostgreSQL
MySQL
JUnit
Mockito
CI/CD
GitHub Copilot
Docker
Kubernetes
Splunk
CloudWatch
ArgoCD
Postman
SonarQube

About the role

Job Description:

Senior Engineer – Java / Spring Boot / AWS (4–6 years)

About the Role

You will contribute to building and enhancing microservices using Java/Spring Boot deployed on AWS. The role focuses on backend development, testing, production stability, and collaboration across engineering and functional teams.

Required Skills

Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservice fundamentals.

Experience with core AWS services (API Gateway, ECS/EKS, Lambda, or CloudWatch).

Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and SQL.

Hands‑on experience with JUnit/Mockito and CI/CD workflows.

Experience using GitHub Copilot or similar AI tools for development productivity.

Basic familiarity with API Gateway, event streaming (Kafka), or rules engines (Drools/Blaze).

Understanding of Docker or Kubernetes concepts.

Exposure to application monitoring tools like Splunk/CloudWatch/ArgoCD

Experience with tools – Postman, Sonarqube

Responsibilities

Translate user stories into clean, maintainable code using Java and Spring Boot.

Participate in design discussions, propose technical solutions, and evaluate trade‑offs.

Build microservices with proper validation, logging, exception handling, and performance hygiene.

Assist with database modeling, writing queries, and creating tables, functions, or stored procedures.

Write unit tests and participate actively in peer code reviews.

Support UAT by clarifying requirements, reproducing issues, and validating fixes.

Contribute to production issue troubleshooting with logs, metrics, and dashboards.

Maintain Jira stories, documentation, and API specifications.

Use AI tools like GitHub Copilot to speed up coding, testing, refactoring, and documentation.

Demonstrate strong communication, learning mindset, reliability, and collaboration

Qualifications

4–6 years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.

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

About Guardian Life

Provides life, disability, dental, and vision insurance products.

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