Senior Java Solution Developer

Solves complex applications systems/programming problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time and form of desired results. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents those programs.

Essential Functions

• Plans, conducts, and coordinates the application of information system techniques to existing and future needs.
• Performs complex systems analysis and programming tasks requiring advanced techniques.
• Provides technical advice and consultation on difficult analysis and programming problems.
• Participates in systems development and maintenance.
• Conducts analysis of complex data processing applications and prepares feasibility studies to evaluate user needs for new or revised systems.
• Coordinates the interfaces between major systems and programs.
• Activities include the conceptualization, development, and implementation of complex program designs.
• Often responsible for achieving operational status within required time parameters and within acceptable operating performance.
• Defines system objectives and prepares systems design specifications to meet user requirements and satisfy interface problems.
• Investigates available hardware and software configurations and capabilities; recommends optimal system to meet applications justification of data processing systems.
• Presents recommendations to management.
• Prepares and conducts comprehensive system and programming tests.
• Debugs malfunctions and modifies programs accordingly.
• May identify and implement root cause fixes to program, system, and/or applications errors.
• Recommends system software modifications or changes to hardware configurations.

Primary Skills

• Strong Java coding skills
• Experience in production systems with Spring framework
• Experience with software testing Junit, Mockito
• Strong SQL skills in MSSQL-Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL
• Experience with identifying and solving of performance bottlenecks
• IntelliJ
• Git (Bitbucket/GitHub/GitLab)
• Deep understanding of Maven
• Experience with setting up CI/CD pipelines in modern cloud architectures
• Deeper understanding of HTTP, REST and common authentication protocols like OAuth2 and OIDC
• Deeper understanding of ORM frameworks, especially JPA/Hibernate, jOOQ
• Experience of designing modern microservice APIs
• Experience with containerization by Docker/Kubernetes 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or related discipline, or knowledge acquired through equivalent experience
• Eight (8) years’ experience in systems analysis/application programming
• As an alternative to the experience requirements listed above, possesses a minimum of three (3) years of related experience in Information Technology with a specific Technology Experience Ratio of 75% or higher (years of experience in the specific technology / years the technology has existed).
• Significant programming and systems knowledge.

Languages

• English fluent
• German B2 is Must

Good to have skills

• Linux systems
• Experience with performance testing
• Experience with penetration tests
• Experience with managing and solving security problems
• Experience with rating CVEs against existing applications
• Experience with software license management of 3rd party libraries
• GraphQL

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