K\&K Social Resources \& Development GmbH is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the European region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in Ireland which is actively hiring candidates to expand its teams.
Role: Java Backend Developer
Employment Type: Contract (B2B)
Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
Implementing quality and high-performance solutions
Promoting the culture of excellence and quality within the team and organization
Writing well-designed, testable and efficient code
Deployment and maintenance of applications in AWS, EKS, Kubernetes
Providing technical documentation, production support, and unit testing
Code reviews
Taking part in project scoping, planning, requirements elicitation, and refinement
Understanding business needs, requirements and prioritizing accordingly
Being open to new ideas and innovative technologies
Work in a cross-functional team and with other teams across the organization
Support other team members by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
Required Skills:
BS degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience
5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
Strong core experience in Java and Spring (or similar) framework
Significant experience building REST APIs and integrating with other APIs. GraphQL is a plus.
Experience in scripting languages, JS frameworks, RDBMS (Oracle/MySQL), NoSQL (e.g. Cassandra) and Message queues (e.g. Kafka, SQS)
Experience with DevOps practices, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and build tools (e.g. Maven, Gradle)
Demonstrated track record designing, building, and deploying highly scalable cloud-based architectures
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, scoping and estimating project requirements, presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences and resolving engineering tradeoffs
Ability to drive a project from idea to implementation
Excellent time management, communication, decision-making, presentation and organization skills.
Note: Applicants for employment in Ireland should possess work authorisation, which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.