Senior BE Developer (Java/Kotlin)

You can join a high-performing international team dedicated to software engineering for leading global (re-)insurers.

About the Project

The innovative project develops a tool for insurance underwriters to create policies for medium-sized corporates. We have just delivered a successful proof of concept. We are now scaling up the team to increase the range of features and to eventually bring the solution to production. You will play an important role in extending the backend capabilities.

The stack of the project involves Java 18, Spring Boot 3, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, and Angular. We use patterns like micro-frontend, backend for frontend, and microservices.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing and implementing complex software applications based on event-driven architecture with Java and Spring
• Collaborating within cross-functional agile teams throughout the entire SDLC 
• Applying development best practices to ensure code quality, scalability, and maintainability 
• Encouraging technical discussions within the team aiming at continuous product improvement
• Communicating and collaborating effectively with product owners, business analysts and software developers in an international team
• Applying your analytical and problem-solving skills to understand the projects’ environment and to identify obstacles and solutions

Your Skills and Your Experience

• Bachelor’s degree related to IT or an equivalent practical track record
• English proficiency (minimum strong B2 level)
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid hands-on work experience with Java, Spring application development, ORM (Hibernate, JPA, Spring Data)
• Experience in building distributed systems and microservices, knowledge of typical patterns and service integration issues
• Experience in designing event-driven architecture
• Proven experience working with relational or NoSQL databases, ability to optimize queries
• Commitment to product quality, knowledge of testing approaches, code verification and analysis, and design patterns
• Experience working with message queues (especially Kafka) is a plus
• Reliable and self-driven team player
• Proactive, communicative, strong analytical capabilities
• Service-orientation with a strong focus on customer satisfaction
• Ability to cope with tight deadlines
• Experience in proof-of-concept projects is a plus
• Experience with warehouse optimization for growing application load, data collection acceleration, and aggregation for analytics is a plus
  
  See you soon :)
  Solveva HR Team