Senior Java Developer at TechAdvance

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos + Virtual
Reporting Line: Chief Technology Officer

Job Purpose

• The incumbent will design, build and maintain scalable software systems, identify and devise solutions to bottlenecks and bugs and contribute to all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• He/She will also support the tech team to bring product visions to life.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Create the formal design documentation as required
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Translate requirements and use cases into functional applications
• Develop code that complies with design specifications and meets security and Java/JEE best practices.
• Design, develop and maintain back-end services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability.
• Conduct code reviews, as requested, to comply with coding standards
• Produce and maintain high-quality technical process documentation.

Specifications & Requirements
 The ideal candidate must be:

• Creative thinker and problem solver who can help develop scalable software systems
• A self-starter and self-motivated person who is willing to support the tech team deliver on its strategic objectives
• Passionate about innovation and result oriented.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Minimum of 5 years of professional Java development experience
• Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies
• Experience working with Hibernate, Oracle, and MySQL, PostgreSQL databases
• Experience with creating, managing and consuming RESTful APIs
• Experience working with Spring Framework
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with, or understanding of CI/CD, AWS infrastructure services, Docker.
• Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle
• Experience with Automated quality assurance testing, jMeter, unit, and functional testing
• Experience developing, profiling, and troubleshooting Java application code and automated testing tools
• Knowledge and experience in EFK, Kakfa, AWS Cloud environments, docker containers
• Experience in containerization of Springboot microservices
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Solid analytical skills with strong attention to detail
• Financial Services or banking industry experience preferred
• Experience with application performance and memory management, and understand fundamentals of garbage collection.