Java Lead-Dev-US

Java Lead-Dev

Location: US/Remote

Duration: 6+ Months

Job Description:

Requirements:

Look for candidates with 8-10 years exp.

• BS / master’s in computer engineering, computer science or another related technical field
• 1+ years of experience as a technical or team lead on an Agile team.
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience with a primary focus on Java and additional experience in other general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: NodeJS, AngularJS, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, NgRX, RxJS, Jest, GraphQL, C/C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, Shell scripting.
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed
• The ability to learn by doing and a desire to learn new concepts and solve problems
• Demonstrated proficiency developing, managing, and monitoring highly available and distributed software
• Experience with Kubernetes, Elastic Search and/or Kafka is a plus (If you have all 3: we want you!)
• You have experience with in-house data centres as well as cloud computing platforms - AWS/Azure/GCP. AWS preferred.
• You have experience maintaining software systems that have been in production for a long time and you have worked through triaging, identifying and fixing production issues
• Willingness to jump in and use unfamiliar technologies to help any engineering team should the need arise

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team in the technical aspects of writing and maintaining secure, scalable, efficient code for the platform.
• Key contributor to our applications using Java and Node.js
• Code new user-facing features and integrate data from various back-end services and mentor other engineers on how it’s done.
• Deploy your code on Kubernetes in the Cloud (sometimes multiple times a day)
• Learn and share expertise with teammates through training, mentoring, code reviews and other avenues
• Collaborate with team members and the leaders of other teams in security minded development and best practices
• Research and propose new approaches to work, new tools, and new best practices for the team
• Work with design and engineering team members to build features from concept through implementation
• Implement unit tests to ensure fulfilment of business and functional requirements
• Guide and Participate in the creation of automated test frameworks for use by software engineers and quality assurance engineers to assist with automated test coverage
• Integrate with assigned product development team and participate in cross-functional collaborations
• Help scope, estimate, and prioritize work
• Ensure quality by performing thorough testing of your work and participating in peer reviews within your team.