At IT Company (Contractor)Expires at: 2024-06-25Remote 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
