Lead Java backend Developer

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer – Java/Scala

• Perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision, focusing on complex systems tasks.
• Act as team leader for development and support groups, providing programming and technical guidance, and mentoring other team members.
• Work directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including off‑shift and weekend support calls.
• Work independently on complex systems or infrastructure components used by multiple applications.
• Drive application development to deliver business‑valuable features.
• Maintain high standards of software quality by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identify and encourage areas for team growth and improvement.
• Guide the team to develop structured application code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a flexible environment.
• Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness.
• Lead development of new functionality and applications on cross‑functional Agile project teams.
• Work with product owners to develop and implement complex, iterative delivery plans.
• Perform integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components, ensuring timely, quality results.
• Perform other job duties as assigned by management.

• Degree requirement:
  Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years experience;
  Master’s degree with 8+ years experience.
• 8 years or more experience designing and developing software applications in Java or Scala; or 6+ years of Java/Scala experience with a master’s degree in CS or related field.
• 7+ years of experience developing back‑end applications using Spring Framework, Hibernate, and enterprise software design patterns.
• 7+ years of experience with relational, non‑relational databases and caching frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints.
• Passion for technology and eagerness to contribute to a team‑oriented environment.

• Leading software engineering projects.
• Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
• Application architectural patterns (MVC, Microservices, Event‑driven, etc.).
• Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Dev Ops.
• Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum).
• Experience with batch/stream processing systems (Apache Spark, Flink, Akka, Storm).
• Experience with message brokers (Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, AWS SQS/SNS, Apache Active
  
  MQ, Kinesis).
• Experience writing API proxies (Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway, Azure API Gateway).
• Hands‑on experience with API tools (Swagger, Postman, Assertible).
• Hands‑on experience with testing tools (Selenium, Cucumber) integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Data stores:
  Postgres, Mongo
  
  DB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle.
• Debugging and maintaining software on Linux or Unix platforms.
• Understanding of front‑end state management libraries (Redux).
• Solid experience with small to medium‑scale projects impacting strategic priorities.

• Excellent communication skills (spoken and written).

Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Information Technology