[Closed] Backend Java Developer (And Python or PHP)

Key responsibilities

• Develops, manages, monitors and improves backend services and software processes, especially those for the ingestion and processing of large amounts of data from distributed sources.
• Plans, organises, manages and delivers discrete software components
• Contributes to product and performance improvements and optimisation of existing services.
• Participates actively in team meetings, contributing knowledge and expertise to assist in decision-making when planning software projects.
• Develops robustness into system infrastructure and both proactively and reactively deals with issues.
• Performs recovery of systems/services when needed.
• Ensures quality of new source code.
• Writes automated tests (Unit tests and Integration tests)
• Engages with collaborators inside and outside the organisation.

Other responsibilities of the role are:

• To occasionally onboard new team members working in the same role or team as themselves.
• To undertake any other duties which may reasonably be required.
• To communicate professionally and clearly with others in order to solve problems.

Skills and experience

• Education:
  • At least 3-years of experience in backend programming (could be while being at a University)
  • Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in computer science
• Skills:
  • Strong Linux fundamentals and scripting.
  • Knowledge of the following tools and technologies:
  • Source Code Management (GIT, GitHub)
  • Logging
  • Experience with full stack software development;
  • Very good knowledge and experience of working with and querying databases.
  • Solid experience of programming in Java and at least one of the following additional programming languages: PHP, Python
  • Willingness to learn new things.
• Desirable:
  • Experience working with frameworks
  • Experience with processing large amounts of data on a cluster, containerisation and parallelisation, e.g. Spark, Kubernetes, Docker
  • Configuration Management (e.g. Puppet, Chef, and Ansible)
  • Continuous Integration (e.g. Jenkins), Testing, Monitoring

Personal abilities and qualities

• Attention to detail with an attitude to deliver quality over quantity.
• Feeling love for software development.
• Ability to take on responsibility and blend in with a team.
• Ability to quickly demonstrate understanding of the project aims and specific tasks as requested, and a get-things-done attitude.
• Willingness to follow an agile development process according to Scrum.
• Ability to clearly communicate in English both orally and in writing.

Work Conditions & Benefits

• Fully remote work with the flexibility to work from anywhere
• Flexible working hours to support a healthy work—life balance
• Coverage of online courses and professional development programs
• 18 paid vacation days per year and 10 paid sick days
• Company-provided equipment, including a laptop, monitor, and necessary accessories
• English language lessons with regular practice sessions led by a native speaker