Senior Java Engineer – Tech Platform (d/f/m)

<h3>Company Description</h3><p><strong>eBay Kleinanzeigen</strong> is the most-visited general classifieds site in Germany and growing at speed. Currently, we have more than 45 million live ads and 35 million unique visitors per month – with the majority on mobile devices. eBay Kleinanzeigen helps people find whatever they’re looking for and every connection made or item found makes a difference by creating a world where people share more and waste less.</p><p>Customer centricity and passion for our products is what helps us to develop our platform. Our agile environment, weekly usability tests, prototyping and multi-functional teams make our product better every single day. If you’re passionate about joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to building an ambitious and diverse work environment, join eBay Kleinanzeigen.</p><p>eBay Kleinanzeigen is part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adevinta.com%2Fstories%2Farticles%2Fadevinta-recognised-as-sustainability-leader-in-the-djsi-index-europe&amp;data=04%7C01%7Crobsmit%40eclassifiedsgroup.com%7Cfbee1cc64d57485d21ec08d9ba34098b%7Ccb74f5bf7c394f9c9b4d2bb0cde3e36a%7C0%7C0%7C637745554916038900%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=YEPnPovcYQHNMas2ymkFIcnjAUFumMDBfc%2FAxWgDzWo%3D&amp;reserved=0">sustainability leader</a> with 40+ products in 15 countries.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p>Tech platform is  the central tech team at ebay Kleinanzeigen, driving lots of great stuff to make ebay Kleinanzeigen even better! Come &amp; work on strategic projects to drive Kleinanzeigen to the leading edge of tech!</p><p><strong>What you will do:</strong></p><ul><li>You will develop and improve our (micro-)service solutions</li><li>You will cooperate with other Engineers and SRE specialists to strengthen the future of eBay Kleinanzeigen</li><li>You will support the design and implementation of scaling applications, which handle thousands of requests per second</li><li>You will practice rapid code iteration and testing in an agile environment</li><li>You bring your own ideas for code and process improvements</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>You are passionate about writing clean code and you have an eye for simplicity and pragmatism. Also, you are getting up to speed with new systems and concepts easily</li><li>You are an expert in Java programming, using Spring Framework combined with your good know-how in object-oriented design. On top, you are willing to impress us within our little Coding Challenge!</li><li>Ideally you have already worked with Kafka, either on-premise or in public cloud and you gained experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery</li><li>You embrace collaboration and the DevOps mindset: you build it, you run it!</li><li>You truly believe in cross-functional collaboration</li><li>You are fluent in English (verbal/written), German is a plus</li><li>Ideally, you know us, you like us and you want to join our exciting journey</li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><ul><li><p>Competitive compensation package</p></li><li><p>Opportunity to shape the way we work. Your feedback and opinions are valued at all levels of the organisation</p></li><li><p>Benefits including stock purchase plan and annual bonus plans</p></li><li><p>Flexibility to work when and how you want - flexible hours, autonomy to set your own agenda, choice of phone and computer</p></li><li><p>Smart Working Policy - work remotely some of the time, balanced with time in the office together with your team - between 5 and 45 days per quarter in the office depending on each team. </p></li><li><p>‘Work from anywhere’ weeks - up to four weeks working from anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection!</p></li><li><p>Career development, including language classes and Adevinta Academies: specialised content built by our experts on Machine Learning, Agile, Leadership and more</p></li><li><p>28 days of holidays </p></li><li><p>Commuter allowance</p></li><li><p>Life insurance, retirement plan and generous family leave</p></li></ul><p>Adevinta is an <strong>equal opportunity employer and we value diversity</strong>. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. </p>