Full Stack Senior Software Developer at Clickatell

Purpose

• We are seeking a Full Stack Developer (Java) to join our Champion team focused on disrupting a $50B+ market. This role is deemed essential to our growth and focused on software development on our Interact Product.

We Do The Right Things

Responsibilities of the Role

• Work with an awesome geographically distributed team of developers and product designers to implement the next generation of products and/or features
• Work independently and collaborate on projects developing applications/features from scratch
• Build applications that can scale (millions of transactions/requests per day)
• Develop highly maintainable software iteratively and deliver working code with each iteration, including authoring relevant documentation and test cases
• Apply best software development practices to coding software solutions

Be responsible for:

• implementing, debugging, and testing of new product features, or enhancements on existing features, or assisting customers and vendors with implementing and troubleshooting end-to-end solutions
• Implementing a test-driven development using unit and integration tests in an agile environment
• sustaining implemented features once delivered into production through maintenance and support
• Accurate and detailed documentation of relevant design artefacts (use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams etc)
• Working closely with key stakeholders particularly with team leads and software managers
• Partake in architecture discussions, design recommendations and implementations
• Adhere to policies and standards as applied by the team and directed by the reporting manager
• Participate in supporting production releases as needed
• Coach and mentor software developers and other roles within the team to improve knowledge, skill and capability

We Are On A Learning Journey
Requirements of the Role

For success in this role, the following are some desirable technical requirements:

• Strong development & debugging experience with Java 8 or Java 11 & Spring Boot based microservices
• Experience with MySQL, Postgres
• Experience writing unit tests with Mockito, Spring Boot
• Experience with source code management tools such as Git, GitLab, etc
• Experience with log monitoring tools such as Elastic, Kibana, GrayLog, etc
• Experience with dependency management tool such as Maven/Gradle
• Package management tools such as NPM

To excel in this role, following are some nice-to-have technical requirements:

• Experience working in a full stack capacity with AngularJS
• Knowledge of RxJS
• Experience with Containerization & Orchestration frameworks including Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Experience working with event driven architecture including Kafka, Event Bus
• Experience with DataDog for metric monitoring
• Bonus points for experience working with WebSockets (industry standard for real-time applications)
• Bonus points for experience working with other JVM based languages such as Kotlin
• Active participation in code and design reviews
• Computer Science degree or equivalent diploma from a reputable school (or 8+ years relevant experience if no degree)
• Proven track record of working in relevant roles for 5 years or more
• Proven industry experience in Financial or banking, or telecommunications an advantage
• Experience working in an Agile methodology an advantage
• Experience working with other integrated applications within the Clickatell ecosystem or 3rd party systems
• Strong communication skills with a team player attitude