Expert Java Developer

About the role:

As a Expert Java Developer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

• Be open to adopting new technologies and approaches on projects as they evolve, especially those relating to GenAI advancements
• Stay at the forefront of the industry by staying abreast of the latest GenAI advancements and leveraging cutting-edge developments to fulfill migration projects
• Participates as a software developer on small Agile teams, delivering software-based solutions for migrating and modernizing customer legacy applications to MongoDB
• Follow existing best practice migration playbooks where applicable and be prepared to innovate to fill in gaps with creative solutions to solve challenges on each specific project
• Actively participate in sprint grooming, planning, and showcases with ideas and suggestions
• Take direction from the technical lead and project manager on projects, raising identified challenges and potential solutions to the team when applicable
• Study the current state of each legacy application and the desired target state outlined by the customer and contribute to the planning, design, and solution from getting from source state to target state on each project
• Be prepared to change project direction if customer or account team priorities change

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience working as a software developer
• Strong proficiency in Java
• Strong experience in building applications that interact with relational databases using SQL and PL/SQL
• Some experience of Enterprise Java (J2EE / JavaEE / Spring) application architectures
• History of delivering high-cadence modern applications with applied Agile methodologies, test-first development approaches, adopting CI/CD pipelines and using Git version control

Desirable

• Working knowledge of microservices architectures and Domain-Driven Design approaches
• Some experience and knowledge of Python
• Some experience and knowledge of JavaScript/Node.js
• Some experience and knowledge of ORMs like Hibernate or JPA
• Extra bonus skills (if missing, we will provide rapid onboarding enablement on these):
• Some experience in nascent GenAI technologies and approaches, such as using OpenAI API with GPT LLMs
• Practical experience of using MongoDB