Software Development Engineer III
Senior Software Development Engineer IV / Mitikah
The Role
We are seeking a skilled Senior Java Software Engineer to join a diverse team with varying experience levels. The primary language is Java (versions 7, 8, 11, 17, 21), and the role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining innovative solutions. Ideal candidates thrive in collaborative, learning-focused environments and excel at problem-solving and clear communication.
What You'll do:
- Apply the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures related to object-oriented software design and development.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems.
- Research and evaluate new technologies to update our current technology stack.
- Provide technical guidance to junior team members.
- Balance multiple tasks and projects at one time.
- Hands-on experience with construction of complex engineering solutions and knowledge of software development methodologies
- Assumes end-to-end ownership of solutions as part of Agile SCRUM team, which includes assisting in development of testing automation and other key quality aspects
- Partner with product owners and other Agile SCRUM team members to determine new features and user stories
- Participate in code reviews to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate
- Engage in all Agile ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstrations, and team retrospectives
- Respond to support incidents for production applications in order to make quick repair to prevent application outages
- Create and/or update documentation to support development efforts. Documentation may include detailed specifications, implementation guides, architecture diagrams and/or design documents
- Share knowledge among members in Agile SCRUM team
-Establish User Personas in collaboration with Product Management
- Mentor and train other Software Engineers
- Take the lead on challenging software engineering projects
What You'll bring:
- Resilient to change.
- Assist in establishing and supporting coding standards.
- Exhibits DevOps mindset where Agile SCRUM team is accountable for product from inception to sunset.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills and effective collaboration in a team-oriented environment
- Aptitude for learning new technologies and concepts
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize
- Able to translate customer and business needs to technical solutions.
- Good time management skills
- Good communication skills
- Attention to details.
Qualifications:
- 6-8years of professional software development experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field preferred.
- Proficient in Java based Technologies.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team of software engineers.
- Professional experience with database use and design.
- Experience with Web Services and Serialization (JSON, SOAP, REST, XML) .
- Familiarity with application servers (e.g., tomcat).
- Experience writing optimized database queries.
- Experience designing and developing web applications.
- Experience with Kubernetes based applications.
- LLM Experienceis added bonus.
Tech Stack:
- Java
- Spring / Spring Boot
- PostgreSQL
- Tomcat
- Eclipse or IntelliJ
- Gradle
- Git
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - EC2, RDS, EKS, ECS, etc.