Senior Java Developer Job Sportserve

Senior Java Developer Job. IT Jobs In Kenya

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Key Responsibilities:

• Working in payments development area providing development, maintenance and support.
• Working as part of squads and occasionally solo developments as the business needs arise.
• Discuss/Meet business stakeholders to understand the problems they wish to address.
• Liaise with architects, analysts, business representatives, infrastructure specialists to jointly develop proposals for technical solutions including implementation deployment, support and troubleshooting overviews.
• Scope and conduct needed Proof of Concepts when necessary.
• Help identify probable causes and provide immediate solutions during an incident.
• Work as part of Agile development team (Scrum): attend team meetings, report on assigned tasks progress, participate in sprints planning and tasks estimation.
• Complete tasks & deliver projects on-time and according to company standards.
• Contribute significant ideas for making the applications better and easier to use.
• Provide assistance to other developers/projects as needed.
• Take part in OOH on-call technical support rota.
• Be flexible to support your applications outside of working hours during major sport events (in rota with your peers and team mates).

Mandatory skills and experience:

• Solid knowledge of Java 11+ and Spring ecosystem.
• Solid knowledge of SQL, preferably with MySQL databases.
• Experience in working with Java-based ORMs like JPA/Hibernate.
• Experience designing and building RESTful web service APIs and REST API clients.
• Solid understanding of Java concurrency and multithreading.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Maven and Linux.
• Knowledge of Asynchronous Messaging (Kafka).
• Experience with CI tools and automation (Gitlab).
• Passion for writing high quality, rock solid software.
• Background in Agile Software Development using Scrum Methodology.
• Knowledge of JVM monitoring and performance tuning Java applications, as well as troubleshooting issues in production.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience building highly transactional, high volume distributed server applications.
• Distributed caching (Hazelcast or Redis).
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kuberenetes.
• Knowledge of application security and best practices.
• Knowledge of Quarkus framework.
• Development of back office applications using JS, React or Angular is a plus.
• Background in Online Gaming or Payments is preferred but not required.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or any related field.
• At least 5 years of working experience as Java developer working on varied types of software development projects.
• Creative, analytical, and with strong problem solving skills.
• Good oral and written English communication skills.
• Comfortable working as part of a multicultural and geographically distributed development team.
• Ability to work well under pressure and deadlines.
• Ability to organise and manage multiple priorities.
• Easy learner, motivated to obtain new skills and grow professionally.
• Independent but collaborative, driven, assertive.
• We warmly invite applications in English.

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