Java Developer

We’re a bunch of hardworking, fun-loving, people-oriented technology enthusiasts. We love what we do, and we’re passionate about helping our clients thrive in an increasingly complex digital world. Zensar is an organization focused on building relationships with our clients and with each other—and happiness is at the core of everything we do. In fact, we’re so into happiness that we’ve created a Global Happiness Council, and we send out a Happiness Survey to our employees each year.

We’ve learned that employee happiness requires more than a competitive paycheck, and our employee value proposition—grow, own, achieve, learn (GOAL)—lays out the core opportunities we seek to foster for every employee. Teamwork and collaboration are critical to Zensar’s mission and success, and our teams work on a diverse and challenging mix of technologies across a broad industry spectrum. These industries include banking and financial services, high-tech and manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, retail, and consumer services.

Our employees enjoy flexible work arrangements and a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), among other benefits. If you are looking for a place to have an immediate impact, to grow and contribute, where we work hard, play hard, and support each other, consider joining team Zensar!

Zensar Technologies is looking for Java Developer in Johannesburg

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Engineer with strong Java 18+ and Spring Boot experience to join the Technology team. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-quality systems that support business-critical platforms.

This role requires strong technical expertise, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams in an agile environment. The individual will contribute to both delivery and continuous improvement of engineering standards, while mentoring team members and influencing best practices.

operates in a flat, agile structure where roles are defined by impact, ownership, and contribution rather than hierarchy.

• Release oversight to ensure delivery teams follow agreed processes, controls, and engineering standards.
• Ensure non-production environments are stable, available, and ready to support delivery and testing activities.
• Proactively identify, assess, and address technical risks and issues that may impact upcoming releases.
• Work closely with the engineering team to drive the adoption of engineering standards and best practices.
• Provide hands‑on support to development, production support to resolve blockers.
• Assist in establishing and improving production environments to support reliable and controlled releases.
• Create or enhance common components at the IBOL platform level to improve consistency, reusability, and platform efficiency.
• Drive the implementation and closure of audit findings, ensuring compliance with required controls and governance expectations.
• Will be responsible for overseeing end-to-end release readiness and platform stability, ensuring teams follow agreed delivery processes, engineering standards, and governance requirements. This role combines technical depth with coordination and oversight, working closely with engineering, development, QA, production support, and cross‑functional stakeholders to identify risks early, resolve environment and release issues, drive platform improvements, and ensure audit and engineering standards are effectively implemented.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize backend systems using Java 18+, Spring Boot and related frameworks.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services aligned with domain-driven design…