Liferay Developer

Job Brief: 

At Exaze, we constantly seek exciting talent to join an organization that believes in nurturing dreamers, innovators, and doers willing to expand their horizons in the software industry.    

To be successful in this role, the candidate should have excellent communication skills and be able to understand requirements and ask questions to clarify them. The candidate should be able to work independently and as part of a team and be committed to delivering high-quality results. 
 

Candidature Requirements:
 

• Designs, develops, and implements Java applications to support business requirements.  

• Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, writes code, and performs unit and functional testing of software.  

• Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role.
   

Areas of Responsibility: 

Delivery of Projects & Change Requests 

• Play a vital role in the design, development, testing and deployment of Liferay DXP solutions. 

• Work closely with Business Analysts, Solutions Architects, and other Developers to analyse and understand the Business Requirements and Business Case, in order to produce simple, cost effective and innovative solutions using the Liferay DXP product. 

• Design efficient Content Models, Security Models, Workflows and Templates for the Liferay DXP product. 

• Sound experience with producing technical documentation including Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, ERDs, operational and support documentation, etc. 

• Implement designed solutions in accordance with Industry standards, processes, tools, and frameworks.
•  Apply Usability and UX best-practices to all deliverables.
•  Utilize data from external data sources and API’s. 
  

Support 

• Act as a technical liaison between clients, other Engineering teams, as well as Operational and Support teams. 

• Maintain the system in production and provide support in the form of query resolution and defect fixes (including improvement of application performance).  

Security, Maintenance & Upgrades 

• Review and audit existing Solutions, Designs and Systems Architecture. 

• Ensure Liferay DXP product is kept up-to-date with recent DXP product versions, Fix Packs, and Security Fix Packs.
• Ensure development encompasses security best-practices with the aim to introduce zero Security Vulnerabilities into the Liferay codebase.  

Governance, Oversight & Mentoring 

• Drive the skills development of team members, coaching of team members for performance and career development. 

• Ensure external Federated Development teams are developing on the Liferay DXP product in accordance with governance process and standards. 

• Provide input into recruitment, staff training, and performance management processes. 

• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Must-have requirements: 

• Liferay Enterprise DXP 7.0 and above. 

• HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript, and React. 

• Interfacing with RESTful and SOAP-based web-services. 

• Solid knowledge of design patterns and refactoring concepts. 

• Practical expertise in performance tuning and optimization, and problems analysis. 

• Solid technical expertise and troubleshooting skills. 

• Experience with modern project management, CI/CD, and team collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Jenkins, Gerrit). 

• Understanding of Agile principles. 

Nice to Have Requirements: 

• Must have architected 1 complex Liferay platform through the SDLC (inception, design, development, roll-out). 

• Experience with Portal (or similar technologies). 

• Strong knowledge of, and expertise in, mobile solution delivery and strategy. 

• Extensive experience in database tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability.
   

Job- Location: 

• Exaze Hyderabad. 

Number of positions: 

• 2