Software Developer - Java

About Zinkworks

Zinkworks partners with leading Telecommunications and Financial Services organizations to modernize legacy systems, migrate mission-critical platforms to the cloud, and engineer AI-driven automation. From OSS transformation to rApp development and network intelligence, our teams simplify complexity and turn it into competitive advantage. Based in Ireland and operating across the EU, UK, and US, Zinkworks combines deep domain expertise with delivery excellence to help clients modernize faster and operate smarter.

Overview

We are seeking experienced Software Engineers to join our dynamic team at Zinkworks. You will be working with one of our leading financial services clients to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. You will work on the design, development, and maintenance of scalable backend services, collaborating closely with frontend engineers, DevOps, and product teams. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving problems, writing clean and maintainable code, and working in a collaborative team and delivery-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and secure Java-based applications.

• Work with Spring and Spring Batch frameworks to deliver high-performance services.

• Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability across distributed systems.

• Participate in code reviews, provide technical guidance, and mentor junior developers.

• Support continuous integration and deployment pipelines to ensure efficient delivery.

• Experience transforming legacy functionalities to support microservice modernization.

• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to root cause analysis.

• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment, contributing to all sprint events and artifacts with strong JIRA practice.

• Embrace analysis and testing activities to find defects early.

• Work closely with product teams to acquire business domain knowledge to support development & QA activities

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including architects, testers, and DevOps engineers.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Core Technologies: Strong hands-on expertise with Java (JDK 8+) with Spring Integration and Spring Kafka. Also, Spring Batch for large-scale data processing

• Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.

• Architectures: Solid microservices architecture experience

• Databases: Solid SQL, Oracle database design and management Experience