Java Development Lead Job

You will architect, build and lead the creation of microservice-based, mission-critical applications. You are passionate about building new features, enhancing existing products, and translating the client's business requirements into specific systems and technology solutions.

You will be responsible for prototyping, architecting, detailed design, coding, code review and unit testing enterprise-level applications. You will create and maintain relevant technical documentation. You have senior-level knowledge of the Java based application frameworks, design patterns, SDLC methodologies and experience working in an Agile software development environment. You’ll be responsible for directing the work of a technical team, overseeing day-to-day and long-term works.

You’re great at…

• Developing complex, highly performant, scalable and reliable software systems (this position requires hands-on development)

• Understanding of cloud-native design principles and best practices

• Building highly-available and secure API based services

• Leading a small team of developers, test engineers or system engineers

• Proactively identifying architectural weaknesses and recommending appropriate solutions, performing functional and code reviews in related areas

• Grasping the business requirements and designing the architecture

• Working with software testing teams and assisting them in maintaining robust test scripts and test environments

Who are you?

• You have a University Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience

• You have 7 years minimum experience in a software development position

• You have 2-3 years of experience as an architect/development lead

• You have strong experience developing Java based applications using Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, JPA, JMS, Hibernate

• You have experience designing, developing and consuming the REST Web services

• You have experience designing, creating and securing APIs; Web Services (SOAP/XML, REST/JSON), OAuth, JWT/JWE/JWS, WS-Security, SAML; familiar/experience with API management platforms

• You have strong working knowledge of secure web application programming principles

• You have experience building resilient/distributed applications and you have good understanding of network protocols/concepts

• You have experience developing high-throughput, low latency systems and service-oriented architectures.

• You have experience in service mesh technologies such as Istio and Envoy

• You have experience with microservices, containerized applications, Docker/Kubernetes, cloud technologies.

• You have strong experience using CI/CD automation/build tools

• You have a strong understanding of performance implications in relation to large data sets and the various approaches to mitigate

• You have strong leadership and communication skills

• You are self-motivated and able to learn quickly

• You have excellent analysis and problem-solving skills

• You have excellent troubleshooting skills

• You’re able to keep pace with new technologies and to apply them appropriately