Liferay Developer

Responsibilities:

• Develop new portlets and maintain existing applications within the Liferay platform.
• Gather and analyze business requirements for new features, enhancements, and system changes.
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to design technical solutions.
• Design, develop, and support applications using modern development technologies.
• Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices using Spring Boot and related frameworks.
• Work with Liferay Portal Server (7.4) to develop portlets, themes, and customizations.
• Perform portlet migrations from lower to higher Liferay versions.
• Implement custom Liferay features using fragments, events, lifecycle actions, and extensions.
• Manage Liferay administration tasks including site creation, user management, and role assignments.
• Integrate third-party tools such as identity management and content systems.
• Ensure code quality using tools such as SonarQube and application security tools.
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum environments and participate in SDLC processes.

Required Skills And Experience:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 6 10 years of experience in Java, Liferay, REST APIs, microservices, OSGi, and Spring MVC Portlet.
• Strong knowledge of Java (version 8 or above) including OOP concepts, lambdas, streams, collections, and multithreading.
• Experience developing REST APIs using Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux, and Spring Security.
• Experience with ORM frameworks such as Hibernate, Spring JPA, and JDBC Template.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC, and Scrum practices.
• Experience with source control systems such as Git, Bitbucket, or VSTS.
• Knowledge of web services and data formats including JSON, XML, SOAP, and REST.
• Experience developing Liferay portlets using JSR 286 (Portlet Specification 2.0).
• Strong database knowledge including SQL, joins, stored procedures, and functions.
• Experience with frontend technologies including JavaScript, jQuery, TypeScript, AngularJS, HTML, CSS, and JSP.
• Experience in Liferay administration including site management, job scheduling, and user/role management.
• Experience with OSGi framework and modular development.
• Familiarity with code quality and security tools such as SonarQube and HCL AppScan.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience integrating third-party tools such as identity management platforms.
• Experience with advanced Liferay customization and performance optimization.