At IT Company (Contractor) Expires at: 2024-06-25 Remote policy: Global remote "We're a Digital Company and our passion lies in crafting cloud-based applications and scalable, high-performing micro-services that frequently integrate with APIs." Responsibilities: • Participating in the architecture, design, development, and implementation of complex applications and core utilities • Collaborating with divisional architects, lead engineers, and other senior engineers to establish architectural standards for the division • Ensuring applications are designed with security and compliance considerations from inception, by governing policies • Providing mentorship to team members, including outsourced resources • Developing business domain expertise and offering technical support to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in that domain • Proactively ensuring the consistency, documentation, and flexibility of APIs at both the system and sub-system levels • Advocating for and championing best practices across various areas of software engineering, including security, testability, reliability, and scalability • Assisting QA in developing quality and performance monitoring programs for specific systems, sub-systems, and components, with coverage of automated tests • Writing high-quality and readable code • Developing and deploying new features and bug fixes promptly • Writing tests (unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests) • Integrating APIs and conducting code reviews • Attending meetings related to sprints consistently • Demonstrating patience and perseverance in overcoming challenges, problem-solving, and learning new computer languages and techniques Main requirements • Knowledge of the Italian language at least at a conversational level (C2 level - should be able to read, write, and speak) is mandatory • Minimum 4 years of experience with core Java and the Spring Framework • Senior-level knowledge and experience in Restful APIs and microservices • Experience with CI/CD tools like MS DevOps and AWS CodePipeline • Working knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture ( SOA ) • Exposure to the Publish-Subscribe model and event streaming platforms (e.g., Pulsar, Kafka, Flink, or AWS Kinesis) • Ability to communicate and collaborate with globally distributed teams (internal and offshore) • Designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining Java application phases, code, and software • Conducting software analysis, programming, testing, debugging, and recommending changes to improve established processes • Translating requirements into specifications and identifying production and non-production application issues • Knowledge and use of Agile Methodologies and the Scrum framework • Competence and comfort using multiple frameworks (Spring, Data, Security, JPA/Hibernate, JUnit, Mockito) • Knowledge and use of Design Patterns MVC, Open API, and Microservices • Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify errors and make adjustments in a testing environment. Nice to have • Docker experience • AWS proficiency • Frontend skills in Angular, React, or similar • Experience with message queues such as Kafka or similar • Strong knowledge of Linux (or UNIX-like OS) • Familiarity with the Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach • Understanding of the Mobile-first approach
