Backend Java Developer (And Python or PHP) (вакансія неактивна)

Key responsibilities

• Develops, manages, monitors and improves backend services and software processes, especially those for the ingestion and processing of large amounts of data from distributed sources.
• Plans, organises, manages and delivers discrete software components
• Contributes to product and performance improvements and optimisation of existing services.
• Participates actively in team meetings, contributing knowledge and expertise to assist in decision-making when planning software projects.
• Develops robustness into system infrastructure and both proactively and reactively deals with issues.
• Performs recovery of systems/services when needed.
• Ensures quality of new source code.
• Writes automated tests (Unit tests and Integration tests)
• Engages with collaborators inside and outside the organisation.

Other responsibilities of the role are:

• To occasionally onboard new team members working in the same role or team as themselves.
• To undertake any other duties which may reasonably be required.
• To communicate professionally and clearly with others in order to solve problems.

Skills and experience

• Education:

o At least 3-years of experience in backend programming (could be while being at a University)

o Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in computer science

Skills:

• Essential:

o Strong Linux fundamentals and scripting.

o Knowledge of the following tools and technologies:

▪ Source Code Management (GIT, GitHub)

▪ Logging

o Experience with full stack software development;

o Very good knowledge and experience of working with and querying databases.

o Solid experience of programming in Java and at least one of the following additional programming languages: PHP, Python

o Willingness to learn new things.

• Desirable:

o Experience working with frameworks

o Experience with processing large amounts of data on a cluster, containerisation and parallelisation, e.g. Spark, Kubernetes, Docker

o Configuration Management (e.g. Puppet, Chef, and Ansible)

o Continuous Integration (e.g. Jenkins), Testing, Monitoring

• Personal abilities and qualities

o Attention to detail with an attitude to deliver quality over quantity.

o Feeling love for software development.

o Ability to take on responsibility and blend in with a team.

o Ability to quickly demonstrate understanding of the project aims and specific tasks as requested, and a get-things-done attitude.

o Willingness to follow an agile development process according to Scrum.

o Ability to clearly communicate in English both orally and in writing.

Work Conditions & Benefits

• Fully remote work with the flexibility to work from anywhere
• Flexible working hours to support a healthy work—life balance
• Coverage of online courses and professional development programs
• 18 paid vacation days per year and 10 paid sick days
• Company-provided equipment, including a laptop, monitor, and necessary accessories
• English language lessons with regular practice sessions led by a native speaker