Software Engineer Web Java Sr

Location: Mexico, Colombia

Work Location: hybrid

• 7+ years of experience in Java development, including hands-on experience with Java 8 in production environments.
• 5+ years of experience with Hibernate/JPA, including hands-on work with Hibernate 4.x in legacy applications.
• Proven experience delivering at least one Oracle to PostgreSQL database migration (or equivalent) within a Java-based application environment.
• Strong expertise in Oracle and PostgreSQL SQL, with the ability to translate and optimize Oracle-specific features such as NVL, SYSDATE, ROWNUM, DECODE, DUAL, MERGE, CONNECT BY, and sequences.
• Experience with Spring Framework 4.x using XML-based configuration.
• Strong knowledge of LOB migrations, including BLOB/CLOB to PostgreSQL bytea/text conversions.
• Experience with Gradle multi-module builds.
• Hands-on experience converting PL/SQL code to PL/pgSQL.

• Experience with Grails 5.x, GORM, and Groovy.
• Experience with Quartz Scheduler.
• Experience with HikariCP connection pooling.
• Knowledge of Flyway and/or Liquibase for database versioning and migrations.

• Lead and own all application-side changes required for the migration of a Java/Grails application suite from Oracle to PostgreSQL on Azure.
• Perform database migration activities across 8 Java application modules while maintaining the existing application architecture and framework versions.
• Update JDBC dependencies and Hibernate dialect configurations to support PostgreSQL.
• Validate and remediate Hibernate ORM mappings for PostgreSQL compatibility.
• Analyze and resolve LOB handling issues during the migration process.
• Review, translate, and optimize Oracle-specific SQL across more than 100 DAO components.
• Convert and validate 51 maintenance scripts from Oracle to PostgreSQL standards.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure a smooth migration, performance validation, and successful deployment.

• English: Developing Advanced.

• Hybrid – Mexico.