JAVA Junior Developer

Job Summary

We’re looking for a Junior Backend Engineer with JAVA skills who will take a key role on our team. Our developer must have knowledge in all stages of software development.

This is an onsite position 5 days a week at the Glasgow client office.

Key Responsibilities

• Good understanding of design concepts.
• Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness of applications.
• Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and launch new features.
• Maintain code integrity and organization.
• Knowledge of security and data protection.
• Experience with back-end programming languages Core Java 11+, JDBC, Microservices, REST Web Services, Spring Framework.
• Knowledge of cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications is good to have.
• Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial, or SVN.

Essential Skills:

• Experience in Java 11 and above, JDK 17 (Certified), Spring Framework, REST API/Web Services.
• Experience in backend development using Oracle & PL/SQL.

Qualifications:

• Certified on JDK 17.
• Intermediate level experience in Java 11 and above.
• Understanding of Java EE architecture, with a focus on EJBs, JPA, and JAX-RS web services.
• Understanding of object-oriented JavaScript, the DOM, and JSON.
• Experience writing RESTful web services.
• Experience in writing automation test scripts using Selenium / Cucumber.
• Knowledge of SQL and RDBMS database design.
• Have spent time as part of an agile development team (preferably Scrum).
• Good years of industry experience.

About Us

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World's Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.