Java Backend Software Engineer

This role is part of the Vesper team at Deltatre, building world-class streaming experiences for some of the most recognised media brands on the planet.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our multidisciplinary agile platform teams. You will work across the full breadth of our backend stack — Java services, event-driven processes, RESTful APIs, and the AWS infrastructure that delivers VOD and live events to users at global scale.

This is a role for someone who takes ownership, thinks carefully about system design, and is energised by working on engineering problems that genuinely matter at scale.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain and optimise Java services running event-driven processes and RESTful APIs on AWS infrastructure

Design and implement robust, scalable solutions for VOD and live event delivery

Contribute to system and API design, bringing your own thinking to architecture discussions

Write and maintain automated tests (unit and integration) and support QA in defining test approaches

Work closely with front-end engineers, QA and product teams within an agile delivery model

Participate in code review, helping to raise and maintain engineering standards across the team

Identify and address performance bottlenecks, reliability risks and technical debt proactively

Required Skills

Strong Java 11+ - production experience on modern versions

Solid relational database experience with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL

Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs (JAX-RS, Dropwizard, Spring Boot or similar)

Experience working on event-driven systems (SQS, Kinesis, SNS, Kafka or similar)

Familiarity with AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, SQS and DynamoDB

Sound understanding of software design patterns and when to apply them

Strong automated testing skills - unit and integration - and the ability to design meaningful test cases

Comfortable working in an agile development team with collaborative delivery practices

Scala or experience with functional programming paradigms

Experience with No

SQL data stores

Infrastructure as code using Terraform or Ansible

Docker and containerised workloads

Experience delivering complex features with zero downtime in production systems

Background in streaming, media or broadcast technology

We’re looking for someone who is:

driven  to push the boundaries and lead change and performance

communicative  to leave no-one in the dark and to work with your team successfully

reliable  so we know that we can call on you to meet deadlines

passionate  about the latest technologies and standards

proactive  to suggest improvements, identify and fix potential issues

solid  technically speaking, to advise both Clients and internal teams

Deltatre consciously nurtures an environment where each and every team member feels safe to bring their whole selves to work, in which everyone is valued and respected for who they are and what they bring. Everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential, and every team member is expected to treat everyone with dignity and respect, value different perspectives, use inclusive language and work in alignment with Deltatre's commitment to diversity and inclusion.

At Deltatre, everyone is welcome and celebrated.

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