Senior Java Developer

We offer office based, hybrid and remote work on permanent and consultancy contracts all over the world, making us the true global employer of choice.

What you'll be getting up to:

We are looking for a senior software engineer to work as part of a new Payments Ecosystem Scrum team to help shape and build the future of our tools and products in the Payments area. You will be creating new and maintaining existing microservices for the new payments solution, taking part in architectural design decisions and communicating closely with frontend developers, testers and business analysts who are also part of the same team.It’s a green field project so you can expect to work with cutting edge technologies. You will work in a multi cultural and geographically distributed team where most of the communication is happening online using audio and video conferencing tools.

The role will require a certain level of flexibility as your team mates may be working in different time zones primarily in Europe and Philippines. We are building the product which we are maintaining over its lifetime so we expect you to be ready to join an OOH on-call tech support rota.

Responsibilities:

Working in payments development area providing development, maintenance and support.Working as part of squads and occasionally solo developments as the business needs arise.

Discuss/Meet business stakeholders to understand the problems they wish to address.

Liaise with architects, analysts, business representatives, infrastructure specialists to jointly develop proposals for technical solutions including implementation deployment, support and troubleshooting overviews.

Scope and conduct needed Proof of Concepts when necessary.

Help identify probable causes and provide immediate solution during an incident Work as part of Agile development team (Scrum): attend team meetings, report on assigned tasks progress, participate in sprints planning and tasks estimation Complete tasks & deliver projects on-time and according to company standards Contribute significant ideas for making the applications better and easier to use

Provide assistance to other developers/projects as needed Take part in OOH on-call technical support rota Be flexible to support your applications outside of working hours during major sport events (in rota with your peers and team mates)

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any related technical field.
• At least 5 years of working experience as Java developer working on varied types of software development projects
• Solid knowledge of Java 11+ and Spring ecosystem
• Solid knowledge of SQL, preferably with MySQL databases
• Experience in working with Java-based ORMs like JPA/Hibernate
• Experience designing and building RESTful web service APIs and REST API clients
• Solid understanding of Java concurrency and multithreading
• Demonstrable knowledge of Maven and Linux
• Knowledge of Asynchronous Messaging (Kafka)
• Experience with CI tools and automation (Gitlab)
• Passion for writing high quality, rock solid software
• Background in Agile Software Development using Scrum Methodology
• Knowledge of JVM monitoring and performance tuning Java applications, as well as troubleshooting issues in production

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience building highly transactional, high volume distributed server applications
• Distributed caching (Hazelcast or Redis)
• Hands on experience with Docker and Kuberenetes
• Knowledge of application security and best practices
• Knowledge of Quarkus framework Development of back office applications using JS, React or Angular is a plus
• Creative, analytical, and with strong problem solving skills
• Good oral and written English communication skills
• Comfortable working as part of multicultural and geographically distributed development team
• Ability to work well under pressure and deadlines
• Ability to organise and manage multiple priorities
• Easy learner, motivated to obtain new skills and grow professionally
• Independent but collaborative, driven, assertive
• Background in Online Gaming or Payments is preferred but not required
• Applications in English please