Senior Java Developer (Java/Java EE/Kafka)

About the employer:

 My client is a financial services firm that creates solutions for the financial sector. Their tradition dates back to 1818 and their reach is worldwide - they have offices all over the world from Chicago to Hong Kong

Responsibilities:

• design and develop distributed computing systems used by internal and external clients
• eesearch new technology options and develop POCs for evaluation.
• create integration and application technical design documentation.
• complete development, configuration, and unit testing of high complexity areas
• resolve complex defects during testing phases.
• support and execute performance testing.
• collaborate with business teams to clarify requirements, understand application use case and business processes.
• assist junior developers and provide technical guidance as needed.
• provide production support and assist in troubleshooting production environment as well as environment tuning.
• ensure best practices are followed from a technical perspective during all phases of the project.
• conduct code reviews for other team members and verify standards and practices for the team
• demonstrate critical thinking and contribute to architecture and design discussions
• identify issues and risks and proactively add to the iterative discussion
• communicate efficiently within and outside the team
• work with testers and business users to identify shortcomings in function, scalability, testability, security, and resiliency

Requirements:

• excellent understating and 7+ years of experience in Java and Java EE, Spring, Hibernate, Kafka, Docker, OpenShift
• knowledge and experience with relational database technologies preferably with experience in an ORM persistence tool such as Hibernate
• PL/SQL, Oracle experience in building SQL queries, stored procedures, and data modeling experience.
• knowledge and work experience with application containers such as Apache Tomcat
• focus on quality development (unit testing, Continuous Integration, refactoring, clean code)
• familiarity with cloud and container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift
• experience in developing REST web services in Java.
• ability to design enterprise wide, large-scale implementations
• familiar with tools such as GIT, SVN, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle
• comfortable with working in Scrum/Agile methodologies.
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science or related work experience required.
• Additional Qualifications:
  • knowledge and work Experience of the Angular 2+ framework with Typescript experience
  • knowledge and work Experience of NODEJS and npm as well as JavaScript/JavaScript Frameworks, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, XML, JSON, and AJAX

Our client offers:

• 2 additional days added to your holiday calendar for Culture Celebration and Community Service,
• private medical care for you and your family,
• life Insurance,
• hybrid working opportunities,
• professional trainings and qualification support,
• Thrive Wellbeing Program,
• online benefit platform,
• contracts for an indefinite period of time with no probation period.