At Azki, we’re revolutionising the insurance industry by creating seamless, user-first experiences for comparing and purchasing insurance. Join our mission-driven team to build scalable, high-impact solutions that empower millions of users. As a Java Developer, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing and optimising our core systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products with speed and quality.

Responsibilities:

• Design new services according to product requirements, develop them, and update them periodically.
• Work in an Agile team using CI/CD practices to produce quality products at speed.
• Utilise imagination and analytical thinking to deliver best-in-class solution sets and continually improve products to meet our customers' evolving needs.
• Take part in Scrum development work, such as testing, documentation, and quality assurance.
• Collaborate effectively with team members and commit to team and personal development against organisation-wide objectives.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in backend development.
• Expertise in Java Core (collections, multithreading, JVM internals) and modern Java frameworks like Spring.
• Extensive experience with MySQL (designing schema, optimisation, indexing).
• Hands-on development with Redis for caching, session storage, or real-time data processing.
• Practical expertise in MongoDB for storing and retrieving unstructured data.
• Experience developing event-driven systems with RabbitMQ (message queues, pub/sub patterns).
• Metrics visualisation with Grafana and building dashboards.
• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to aggregate and analyse logs.
• Deep knowledge of microservice architecture (design patterns, event-driven systems, fault tolerance, and scalability).
• Proficiency in Git workflows (branching strategies, CI/CD integration) and collaborative development.
• Comfort with Linux command-line tools for deployment, debugging, and scripting.
• Problem-solving attitude with a focus on ownership, accountability, and teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with PHP and Laravel (e.g., legacy code maintenance or API integration).
• Familiarity with DevOps methodologies: CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience working with software architectures such as event-driven architecture or monolith decomposition.