Java Backend Developer

Job Title: Java Backend Developer

Job Location: Dublin, Ireland

Hybrid Schedule: 3 Onsite Days (Tue, Wed, Thur) & 2 Remote Days (Mon, Fri)

Job Type: Long-term Contract

Mandatory: Need strong COMMUNICATION, heavy Docker, Kubernetes, AWS

Job Description:

1. Purpose:

Need a Java Developer to work on projects within the Services Media Tools and Development team.

2. Background:

Our team is working on projects for Operations teams, and we need more Backend/Java expertise.

3. Responsibilities:

• Implementing quality and high-performance solutions
• Promoting the culture of excellence and quality within the team and organization
• Writing well-designed, testable and efficient code
• Deployment and maintenance of applications in AWS, EKS, Kubernetes
• Providing technical documentation, production support, and unit testing
• Code reviews
• Taking part in project scoping, planning, requirements elicitation, and refinement
• Understanding business needs, requirements and prioritizing accordingly
• Being open to new ideas and innovative technologies
• Work in a cross-functional team and with other teams across the organization
• Support other team members by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
• Promoting the culture of diversity

4. Required Skills:

• BS degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Strong core experience in Java and Spring (or similar) framework
• Significant experience building REST APIs and integrating with other APIs. GraphQL is a plus.
• Experience in scripting languages, JS frameworks, RDBMS (Oracle/MySQL), NoSQL (e.g. Cassandra) and Message queues (e.g. Kafka, SQS)
• Experience with DevOps practices, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and build tools (e.g. Maven, Gradle)
• Demonstrated track record designing, building, and deploying highly scalable cloud-based architectures
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, scoping and estimating project requirements, presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences and resolving engineering tradeoffs
• Ability to drive a project from idea to implementation
• Excellent time management, communication, decision-making, presentation and organization skills
• Fluent in spoken and written English