Lead Java Developer, OPT

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Information Systems, or similar field or relevant professional experience, education, and training.
• 8 years software engineering experience.
• 2 years of progressive experience leading teams, including motivating and technical mentoring of other team members.
• 3 years of professional experience developing production Java applications. Strong skills in team leadership.
• Very strong with Java 11 , Familiarity with Kotlin.
• Proven experience as a highly productive developer with modern cloud computing stacks for deploying microservices and micro-frontends at scale. For example, AWS for cloud provider, EKS for Kubernetes, Docker for containers, Jenkins for CI/CD.
• Experience with DynamoDB.
• Experience using cloud services to build an integrated application in production.
• Experience with Version control tools such as Github. Excellent knowledge and at least 6 years of working experience building microservices and APIs with Node.js and Java.
• Production level Experience in using infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• Prior experience in designing and implementing highly scalable web-based eCommerce applications.
• Expertise in designing and creating scalable services, REST Web Services
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
• Hands on experience in monitoring and monitoring tools.
• Preference for candidates with experience in the content domain ideally with headless CMS
• A track record of solving problems and getting things done in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment.
• Ability to delegate work and mentor the development team and hold team members accountable to quality standards, ensuring that the needs of the business are met, and a high-quality user experience is delivered.
• Experience providing technical leadership to a team of developers including providing daily guidance, setting coding standards, and reviewing code required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate effectively with business and technical teammates.
• Present complex ideas, anticipate potential objections and persuade others to consider your point of view.
• Ability to create and execute practical and simple solutions.
• An attitude with empathy and understanding and collaborate with others.

Key Skills:

• Proficiency in Java, with a good understanding of its ecosystems.
• Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming Patterns and Concepts.
• Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns.
• Skill for writing reusable Java libraries.