Lead Java Developer

About the project:

Backend: Java 11, Spring Boot/Security/Data JPA, JWT, OAuth2, PostgreSQL, Gradle, Flyway, JUnit 5, Mockito.
Frontend: Vue.js 2/3, Quasar, Babel, Yarn
Platform: Github, Jenkins, AWS

The domain of the application is green technologies. Its customers are businesses that are willing to collaborate, track and manage their contracts, deals, and many other financial instruments in a single place. The core of the product enables customers to define the complex hierarchy of projects/deals and set up workflows for the teams to collaborate efficiently. From a technical perspective, the app is based on Spring boot monolith backend and multiple Vue.js frontends.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of commercial experience in Java development including Java 8;
• Experience with Spring (IoC, Boot, Data, MVC, AOP, Security);
• Experience with SQL and JPA/Hibernate;
• Experience with REST web services;
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery;
• Docker;
• JMS;
• Microservices;
• Upper-Intermediate English level;
• Experience with AWS;
• Experience with NoSQL;
• Experience evaluating new technologies for business relevance and viability;
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple threads at the same time and deliver high-quality projects against commitments;
• Clear verbal and written communication to easily explain and discuss complex concepts and ideas with team members and cross-functional partners;
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to identify knowledge gaps, learn quickly, and adapt to evolving technologies;
• Start-up mindset – creative problem solving and the ability to function in ambiguity with limited oversight and rapid delivery cadences;
• Team orientation with a willingness and desire to help others;
• Cultural and emotional intelligence to collaborate in a diverse environment with global reach alignment with the client’s values;

Will be a plus:

• Experience or certification as an Agile scrum master;
• Javascript knowledge using one or more Javascript framework;
• Experience building interfaces to third party systems;
• Cloud technology experience (AWS, serverless or microservice based implementations).

Responsibilities:

• Develop engineering approach for features, estimate task time requirements, and identify gaps in functionality or areas of implementation risk;
• Make build vs buy and other architectural decisions including system design, selection of external libraries, and interfaces with other client’s components;
• Lead projects: set technical vision; define, divide, and assign tasks and work streams; provide direction to resolve technical roadblocks; and assure work is completed to plan;
• Mentor and advise developers through collaborative design, pair programming, and code reviews;
• Serve as a senior technical voice and provide expertise in cross-functional collaboration;
• Build financial and cleantech subject matter expertise to help drive engineering decisions and contribute to the company’s long-term strategy;
• Provide architecture briefings, demo setup and execution, and data modeling for our executive and sales teams.

With us you can:

Develop your technical knowledge:

• Use the latest technologies;
• Participate in technical events and conferences (the cost is covered by the company);
• Regular techtalks and professional development.

Improve your soft skills:

• Build strong teamwork skills and become an essential part of dynamic teams;
• Improve your English at classes and speaking directly with clients;
• Increase your productivity and communication level via Scrum, Kanban, Agile methodologies.