Backend Java Developer
Dublin City Centre
Permanent
Negotiable
Job Description
My Dublin City Centre based client is recruiting for a Backend Java Developer. This role is on a perm basis.
The successful candidate should have proven experience of developing and delivering large scale B2C applications in an agile environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to implement a completely new system from scratch. The solution will be based upon Java / JEE.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for end-to-end development and execution from design to production
- Deliver robust, reliable test-driven software against user stories in a timely manner
- Develop high-volume, high-availability, low-latency microservices and platform
- Participate in user story analysis, design and delivery, always incorporating extensibility and scalability
- Make use of the right technology stack for implementations (e.g. languages, libraries, frameworks)
- Balance the risk of technical debt while delivering the MVP
- Collaborate effectively with other team members and people throughout the organisation to deliver a successful product
Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or similar
- 5+ years professional development experience in Java 8 or 9 and Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Web)
- Experience in asynchronous/non-blocking architectures
- Experience in designing scalable distributed systems
- Familiarity with distributed messaging queues i.e. Kafka, Rabbit MQ, ActiveMQ
- Experience of microservices architectures
- Expert knowledge in version control systems, ideally Git
- Experience designing and developing scalable REST APIs
- Good knowledge of build tools (e.g. Maven, Gradle)
- Familiarity with distributed caching i.e. Redis
- Experience with Spring Data JPA, Hibernate
- Excellent understanding of relational and non-relational database systems
- Agile & Scrum Experience
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced development schedule
- Experience of handling distributed system challenges such as synchronization, performance, testing and monitoring while working with cutting edge technologies
- Strong communication skills and fluency in verbal and written English are essential
Essential and Desirable Skills
- Developing applications on cloud platforms, preferably AWS
- Experience of working on high traffic sites
- Experience of CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, OpenAPI, Elastic Search
- Experience of developing models and scalable microservices components
- Exposure to data privacy concepts i.e. GDPR
- Unit testing, test-driven development and behaviour-driven development
- Certification as a Java / JPA Developer
- Product mindset; able to think beyond the product specs considering the larger implications, both technical and user-facing
- Have been a “go-to” person in your previous teams/organizations
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or similar
Working Hours & Benefits
37 hour Working week
10% Bonus
Pension
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