Senior Java Developer

Strategic Staffing Solutions International’s client provides a comprehensive range of tailored solutions, offering expertise in areas such as consulting, software design, system development, and the full cycle of implementation, testing, and deployment. They partner with leading financial companies to craft reliable financial software that enhances operational efficiency, lowers risk, cuts costs, and shortens time to market. With a proven history of successful outcomes and long-term client relationships, the company recently earned the distinction of being named a Top 1% Workplace for Technologists in 2023. They are continuously looking for driven, open-minded individuals eager to learn and contribute to the team.

Your expertise

• At least 5+ years of hands-on experience in developing enterprise applications using Java.
• Must have 5 plus years of Spring/Spring boot development experience
• Experience in Camel.
• Threading/Concurrency, Collections, Exception Handling and other core java features.
• Experience in writing REST, Microservice & APIs- including performance, security, and error handling aspects.
• Good knowledge of SQL, entity relations (ORM) and writing queries.
• Decent knowledge in protocols - http/https, SSL, TCP and others.
• Good understanding of the CI/CD process.
• Build tools - Maven / Gradle
• Version control - GIT (preferred) / SVN.
• Good written and spoken English communication skills (Communicate with international clients and colleagues).
• Ability to work in a team and independently.

Considered an advantage

• Messaging experience (AMQ or Kafka).
• Knowledge of cloud (Azure) and containers (OpenShift or similar).
• Knowledge of Financial markets and Fixed income.

Responsibilities:

• Perform system design (High /low), Workflow diagrams and participate in design review sessions.
• Designing and writing clean and testable code.
• Effectively collaborating with the project team.
• Maintaining own productivity and aligning to project goals.
• Actively contributing to technical solution definition.
• Communicating with the client daily.

Company offers:

• Salary 2600 – 4800 Eur gross (remuneration may vary depending on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience).
• Flexible work schedule and hybrid work model: work from home in Latvia or in one of our offices (Riga, Daugavpils).
• Health insurance and mental wellness platform from Day 1: sport/dentist/vaccination/accident plans + massage chair in the office.
• Annual training budget.
• Technology communities: friendly and experienced team members who support your professional growth.
• Sports community: Squad Hour gym membership deal, volleyball team, various public sports events, and monthly challenges.
• Social events: bi-weekly lunches, board game nights, team buildings, company-wide events.
• Loyalty rewards program: gifts and merch on your work anniversary.
• Paid mobile phone bills.
• Additional one day of paid sick leave for emergency cases.
• Modern & ergonomic office space: all the resources and tools to perform your tasks.
• Additional perks in the office: free snacks, fruits, tea, coffee, board games, novuss table and Xbox.