Java Developer (Information Technology/Software)

Our client, a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operates internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). Our client is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

Role Overview

Our client currently has a vacancy for a Java Developer fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert remotely within the EU. The work will be carried out either on the company’s premises or on-site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated and closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team, on-site.

Job type

Full time/Permanent

Location

EU

Workplace

Remote

Please note that we can consider only EU candidates for this position due to security clearance.

Requirements

• University Degree and at least 10 years of IT professional experience;
• More than 6 years of professional experience of OOP paradigms and SOLID principles using Java 11 (or higher) and experience with most common Java frameworks: Spring, SpringBoot;
• More than 2 years of professional experience with at least one of the JavaScript front-end frameworks: Vue.js, jQuery, React/ Angular2;
• Good knowledge of application development environments like: Java 11+, Eclipse or, Intellij, Maven, Git;
• Good knowledge of the design and development of components like REST APIs, integrations, micro-services), proficiency in using REST based frameworks like Spring MVC as well accessories tools like Postman and building SOAP and GRPC web servers and clients in the Java/Spring context;
• Good knowledge of relational databases Microsoft SQL server ability to use Spring Data and Hibernate;
• Good knowledge of Agile software development methodologies: Scrum, Kanban;
• Good knowledge of OOP paradigms and SOLID principles using Java 11 (or higher) and experience with most common Java frameworks: Spring, SpringBoot;
• Good knowledge of container technology like Docker, Kubernetes;
• Good knowledge of messaging systems like ActiveMQ;
• Good Knowledge of CD/CI systems TFS/Azure DevOps;
• Good knowledge of front-end web application development like JavaScript, jQuery, JSP;
• Good knowledge JavaScript front-end framework: Vue.js, React/Angular2;
• Good knowledge of a Java EIP framework like Apache Camel, Spring Integration;
• Good knowledge in Enterprise Integration methodologies and patterns and proficiency in modelling an EIP system using classical EIP patterns and diagrams;
• Good knowledge of no-SQL and graph databases and Elasticsearch;
• Good knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g. AGILE)and implementing Scrum;
• Excellent command of the English language.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the improvement of the development and build process;
• Design and develop production grade, enterprise level systems that make extensive use of messaging and microservices;
• Participate in the Java implementation of applications and micro-services involving integration with search engines, being able to write backend code in a reliable, fast, scalable, and secure way, satisfying requirements and service level agreements;
• Write OAUTH authentication mechanisms and implement validation mechanisms as unit and integration tests;
• Assist with deployment and configuration of the system, setup CI/CD pipelines and familiarity with Kubernetes/Docker is assumed;
• Follow Scrum procedures and disciplines and estimate the work to be done upon request;
• Write technical documentation and account for secure coding practices, as well as logging and auditing features;
• Work with Git following pull request procedure;
• Write clean, secure and high-quality code.