Senior Java Developer

At IT Company (Contractor)
Expires at: 2024-06-25
Remote policy: Global remote"We're a Digital Company and our passion lies in crafting cloud-based applications and scalable, high-performing micro-services that frequently integrate with APIs."

Responsibilities:
• Participating in the architecture, design, development, and implementation of complex applications and core utilities
• Collaborating with divisional architects, lead engineers, and other senior engineers to establish architectural standards for the division
• Ensuring applications are designed with security and compliance considerations from inception, by governing policies
• Providing mentorship to team members, including outsourced resources
• Developing business domain expertise and offering technical support to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in that domain
• Proactively ensuring the consistency, documentation, and flexibility of APIs at both the system and sub-system levels
• Advocating for and championing best practices across various areas of software engineering, including security, testability, reliability, and scalability
• Assisting QA in developing quality and performance monitoring programs for specific systems, sub-systems, and components, with coverage of automated tests
• Writing high-quality and readable code
• Developing and deploying new features and bug fixes promptly
• Writing tests (unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests)
• Integrating APIs and conducting code reviews
• Attending meetings related to sprints consistently
• Demonstrating patience and perseverance in overcoming challenges, problem-solving, and learning new computer languages and techniquesMain requirements• Knowledge of the Italian language at least at a conversational level (C2 level - should be able to read, write, and speak) is mandatory
• Minimum 4 years of experience with core Java and the Spring Framework
• Senior-level knowledge and experience in Restful APIs and microservices
• Experience with CI/CD tools like MS DevOps and AWS CodePipeline
• Working knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Exposure to the Publish-Subscribe model and event streaming platforms (e.g., Pulsar, Kafka, Flink, or AWS Kinesis)
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with globally distributed teams (internal and offshore)
• Designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining Java application phases, code, and software
• Conducting software analysis, programming, testing, debugging, and recommending changes to improve established processes
• Translating requirements into specifications and identifying production and non-production application issues
• Knowledge and use of Agile Methodologies and the Scrum framework
• Competence and comfort using multiple frameworks (Spring, Data, Security, JPA/Hibernate, JUnit, Mockito)
• Knowledge and use of Design Patterns MVC, Open API, and Microservices
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify errors and make adjustments in a testing environment.Nice to have• Docker experience
• AWS proficiency
• Frontend skills in Angular, React, or similar
• Experience with message queues such as Kafka or similar
• Strong knowledge of Linux (or UNIX-like OS)
• Familiarity with the Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach
• Understanding of the Mobile-first approach

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