Job Description

This is a back-end software engineer role within a green-field initiative. We leverage the latest technologies to deliver a cutting-edge solution to our clients.

Your technical skills should include:

• Academic qualification in a computer science or STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) related field or the foreign equivalent
• Professional experience working in an agile, dynamic and customer facing environment
• At least 5+ years of recent hands-on professional experience (actively coding) working as a back-end software engineer
• Extensive experience with using a JVM language (Java/Scala/Kotlin, preferably Java 8+)
• Understanding of distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Understanding of dependency injection frameworks (Spring / SpringBoot, Guice, etc.)
• Understanding of microservices architecture
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and web technologies
• Understanding of relational databases
• Desired – understanding of security frameworks / standards
• Desired – understanding of data streaming and messaging frameworks (Kafka, Spark, etc.)
• Desired – understanding of distributed tracing and monitoring (Zipkin, OpenTracing, Prometheus, ELK stack, Micrometer metrics, etc.)
• Desired – experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience in the all stages of software development lifecycle (requirements, design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, release and support)
• Desired – experience in automating deployment, releases and testing in continuous integration, continuous delivery pipelines
• A solid approach to writing unit level tests using mocking frameworks, as well as automating component, integration and end-to-end tests

Your soft skills should include:

• Ability to work in a collaborative environment and coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable solutions.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment within a geographically distributed team
• Ability to focus on promptly addressing customer needs
• Ability to work within a diverse and inclusive team
• Technically curious, versatile and solution oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English