Senior Java Developer

Contribute to the improvement of the development and build process

Design and develop production-grade, enterprise-level systems making extensive use of messaging and microservices

Participate in the Java implementation of a microservices solution, writing reliable, fast, scalable and secure backend code that meets requirements and service level agreements

Write OAUTH authentication mechanisms and implement validation mechanisms as unit and integration tests

Assist with deployment and configuration of the system, including setting up CI/CD pipelines, using Kubernetes and Docker

Work as part of a Scrum team, following Agile procedures and providing work estimates upon request

Write technical documentation, accounting for secure coding practices, logging and auditing features

Communicate clearly and concisely with peers and upper layers of the organisation when needed

Use Git following pull request procedures, writing clean, secure and high-quality code

Minimum 9 years of relevant IT professional experience in Java backend development, at least 3 of which in an Agile/Scrum environment

Minimum education level corresponding to the requested category

Minimum English language proficiency: CEFR B2

Sound knowledge of Java, with hands-on experience in Spring Boot 3 and Vert.X, and provable working experience in Vert.X solutions

Provable working experience integrating TensorFlow and TensorFlow Java bindings

Sound knowledge of REST APIs and microservices design and development, unit testing in Java, and the OAUTH standard and application design, with provable working experience

Sound knowledge of integration and messaging technologies, including Apache Camel, Apache NiFi 2.0, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ and Kafka Streams architecture, including Enterprise Integration Patterns

Good knowledge of programming on SQL Server databases with T-SQL

Good knowledge of OOP paradigms and SOLID principles

Good knowledge of software development methodologies, in particular Agile

Strong teamwork, communication skills and ability to work effectively within a Scrum team

Nice to have: experience in an international or multi-cultural environment, knowledge of Kubernetes (image creation and optimisation, stateful containers, container and pod lifecycle, Helm Charts, probes, upgrade procedures, persistent volumes), Vue.js, Elasticsearch, Azure DevOps, NoSQL and graph databases (Neo4j), and Dapr