Lead JAVA Developer

At Magic, we have multiple openings for skilled professionals in Java. Apply to join our engineering team!

Java Developer implements server APIs and scripts to solve complex, difficult business and engineering problems. The position demands someone who can analyze and recommend candidate solutions that meet functional as well as non-functional needs such as scalability, reliability, and extensibility. We are looking for a Lead/Principal Software Engineer with exceptional technical skills and a passion for delivering impactful solutions to join our team. With your technical expertise, you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables; you will further design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance our product offerings; the work would include developing DBMS, API integrations, CI/CD pipelines, etc. The person should be self-motivated and have a keen interest in working for a fast-paced, dynamic organization.

• Designs and implements highly scalable, available, performant, maintainable REST API services utilizing Java in support of a fast, flexible content delivery system in a rapidly moving business environment.


• Implements new software solutions as well as maintains and enhances existing systems


• Engages with staff members across all functional areas (including development, project management, QA, and devOps) to ensure seamless delivery of development solutions


• Works with DevOps teams to ensure a streamlined CI/CD pipeline is utilized to maximize delivery efficiency. Also works to ensure scalability, availability, monitoring/alerting, auto-scaling, and infrastructure-as-code practices are followed.


• Works with product stakeholders and analysts to refine and clarify UI requirements into tasks and provide estimates for those tasks


• Ensures that code adheres to strict standards for accessibility, security, performance, and maintainability.


• Actively participates in requirements, architecture, and design meetings


• Writes documentation for both internal and external consumers, covering design artifacts, code, and fixes


• Other duties as assigned

• Expert knowledge is required in the following areas:


• Java 1.8


• Strong foundational knowledge of Core Java, Collection framework, Multi-threading (concurrency)


• The ability to think in terms of design patterns, and apply the right data structure would be ideal


• Critical analysis and problem-solving ability are a must, and prior experience with performance engineering is a huge plus


• Strong experience with REST API design


• Microservice Architecture


• Unit Testing / Test Coverage


• Exposure to API Performance engineering

• Spring/Spring Boot framework


• MongoDB


• MySQL (or other relational SQL db experience)


• Serverless Architecture


• AWS Lambda


• Continuous Integration/Build Automation


• Agile development