Lead Java Engineer

Company Description

MRI-Simmons is the leading provider of insights on the American consumer. With thousands of attitudinal and behavioral data points, gathered through ongoing surveys and passive measurement, MRI-Simmons empowers advertisers, agencies, and media companies with deeper insights into the “why” behind consumer behavior. The company’s flagship product (MRI-Simmons USA) is the leading multi-media study of Americans and is widely recognized as the industry standard for magazine audience ratings. Powered by address-based probabilistic sampling, MRI-Simmons USA measures real people, chosen at random to represent the US population in all its variations. This methodological approach ensures stability of insights and provides the most accurate view of the American consumer. Job Description: Gfk is seeking a lead Java engineer with hands-on Java/J2EE development experience and proven abilities to support software activities in an Agile software development lifecycle. We are seeking a well-rounded developer to lead a cloud application using variety of technologies. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills. In addition, the candidate will lead developers on the team to achieve architecture and design objectives as agreed with stakeholders.

Job Description

As Lead Java Engineer, you will have following key accountabilities:

• Lead developers on the team to meet product deliverables.
• Coach junior developers on the team to develop scalable implementation.
• Contribute to detailed design and architectural discussions as well as customer requirements sessions to support the implementation of J2EE applications.
• Promote designs that develop clear and maintainable code.
• Lead developers on the team to meet product deliverables. 
• Ability to identify and solve for code/design optimization.
• Learn and integrate with a variety of systems, APIs and platforms.
• Interact with a multi-disciplined team to clarify analyze, assess requirements-
• Be actively involved in the design, development and testing activities for web applications.

Qualifications

Now that we have introduced you to the position as Full Stack Tech Lead, what skills, qualifications and experience should you, have?

• Hands-on 3-5+ years of experience developing Java web applications, especially focused on large scale API design & development.
• Proven 5+ years of technical leadership on prior development projects.
• Guide a team of at least 10-member development team without direct managerial responsibilities.
• Hands-on experience with the Spring Tool Suite to include Spring Boot, Spring Boot Oauth, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Batch.
• Hands-on experience building UI applications using React.
• Hands-on experience using automated build tools such as Maven or Gradle.
• Understanding Relational Databases; such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres or similar.This is nice to have.
• Fluency in Java/J2EE, JSP, Web Services.
• Must have experience with JAVA 8 or higher.
• Experience using software project tracking tools such as Jira.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and ability to work well in a team.
• SAML and Single Sign On (SSO) implementations.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI.
• Experience with DEVOPS CI/CD tools and automation processes (e.g., Azure DevOPS, BitBucket).
• Python
• Liquibase
• OpenShift

Additional Information

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $120,000 - $140,000 Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support and more.   

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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