Java Developer

Our client builds simple and reliable systems on top of modern yet battle-tested technologies they deeply understand and trust. They primarily use Java, Kotlin, and Ruby.

The Role

We are looking to expand our team with a Backend Software Development Engineer that is eager to learn and wants to join a fast-growing company. The ideal candidate will have a passion for solving problems, writing excellent well-tested code, developing software at scale, and deploying to cloud environments. You will have Java, Kotlin, or other relevant object oriented programming experience.

Responsibilities

Participate and contribute to design and code reviews to produce quality code

Conduct thorough testing of feature functionalities

• Manage small projects
• Work efficiently with peers to solve complex problems, as well as raising appropriate issues to the team-lead

Who you are

• You have demonstrable experience (3-4 years) writing objected-oriented code in Java using the Spring/Spring Boot framework (Kotlin is a plus)
• You have experience in building a backend service with Spring and deploying to production
• Your code is well-structured and readable, fits into existing frameworks, adheres to best design patterns, and has good exception handling
• You are able to test code appropriately (UnitTest with Mockito, familiar with concept of integration/endToEnd tests and Spring Boot Tests)
• You have some Observability experience / looking after a system in Production
• You are passionate about being up-to-date with the latest development of technologies, and are interested in finding ways to apply them
• You demonstrate solid reasoning for your design choices, and always consider alternatives
• You are able to identify and analyse issues in design/code, and are starting to debug others’ code
• You are a strong communicator, are highly dependable and enjoy working within a diverse team
• You get extra credit for: Unix/Linux system administration experience
• You have worked in an agile team with use of Jira or other similar issue tracking products
• A Computer Science or other related degree