Sr. Backend Java Developer

Our client is a global provider of software and services for educational institutions, helping them manage student data, support institutional operations, and improve education quality. As a Senior Backend Java Developer, you’ll be an integral part of a collaborative team.

Your expertise will help guide the team, elevate our work, and ensure every user interaction is seamless, engaging, and inclusive.

Key Responsibilities 

• Working closely with the Project Management team to create accurate project plans and proposals, manage project risks, and ensure we deliver on time throughout our projects. 
• Creation of solution designs, technical specifications, coding standards, and other project documentation as required. 
• Collaborate on key technical decisions for each project with the wider team (PM, QA, Front-End, DevOps, Solution Architecture, Business Analysts). 
• Working with Operations to allocate team members to suitable tasks and projects. 
• Create and champion coding standards and ensure our code is review. 
• Work closely with our tech teams, ensuring they understand our approach and solutions. 
• Keep abreast of the latest technology trends and innovation to ensure we are delivering our solution in the most effective way. 

Technical Skill Requirements:

• 9+ year of commercial development experience. 
• Proven track record of development experience working on complex technical projects in high-performant delivery environments. 
• Ability to work across multiple projects and workstreams, with teams of different scale and skillset. 
• Demonstrable experience working with Internet, Enterprise Java, and Web technologies including popular Content Management Systems, Open-Source frameworks, and tools. 
• Multi-project commercial experience with relevant tools such as >Java8/11/17.
• (OpenJDK), Docker, Kubernetes, Maven, Jenkins, NVM, RESTful APIs, ActiveMQ or similar. 
• Understanding of enterprise architecture design patterns and ability to plan solutions using them. 
• Authentication with third party services and API’s.  
• Ability to analyse, profile and refactor code and processes to improve quality and performance. 
• Excellent working knowledge of different data store technologies i.e: MongoDB, DocDB, MySQL, Redis.
• At least Upper intermediate English level

Soft-Requirements:

• Experience with modern CI/CD workflows.
• Experience with Linux based systems and associated tools (e.g., RedHat, CentOS). 
• Knowledge of common development best practices (e.g., TDD, Agile). 
• 4+ years hands on Spring/Hibernate experience. 
• Ability to quickly understand and code for a large, complex technical architecture. 
• Experience of developing and deploying large web-based applications. 
• Experience of managing and coding simultaneous projects with complex interdependencies. 
• Understanding of the project management processes involved in website/portal development. 
• Ability to multitask across projects and demonstrate flexibility to changing priorities. 
• Experience of scoping large technical projects with a high level of accuracy. 
• Experience using task management tools such as Trac, Jira, TestRail. 
• Exposure to current AWS practices.

What We Offer

• Long-term employment with competitive compensation, based on experience.
• Possibility to work remotely.
• An open, transparent and fun work culture.
• Multi-national team and collaborative work environment.
• Continuous knowledge sharing with engaged co-workers.

Career and professional growth opportunities.