Senior Java Back-end Engineer

<p>On behalf of our client, an award-winning insurance company with international expansion, we are looking for an experienced <strong>Senior Java Back-end Engineer</strong> to join their highly empowered team of dynamic and talented professionals. The company is based in Athens but you will have the opportunity to work on a 100% remote basis from anywhere in Greece!</p><p><strong>***It is mandatory for candidates to be based in Greece***</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>A day in the life of a ‘Senior Java Back-end Engineer’</strong></p><p>You will be a valuable member of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications, utilizing emerging technologies and trends. Υour role includes Java application development while being present to the full software development life-cycle, from concept to design and testing. The ecosystem is based on a service oriented architecture, Spring Boot microservices dockerized on AWS Kubernetes.</p><p></p><p> <strong>Your day-to-day</strong></p><ul> <li>Build advanced back end applications and develop software programs on the Java platform</li> <li>Optimize applications performance and recommend software upgrades for existing systems</li> <li>Contribute in all phases of the development life-cycle, prepare and produce releases of software components</li> <li>Monitor and improve application reliability and present innovative ideas for system improvements</li> <li>Produce detailed specifications and implement the program codes accordingly</li> <li>Follow test driven development through continuous integration and agile methodologies</li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><p>Software Engineering/Development using Java as the main programming language (Spring Boot) with at least 5 years of experience in the languages specified below as required.</p><p>Strong understanding of below concepts:</p><ul> <li>SOLID Principles - Clean Architecture/Clean code practices.</li> <li>Microservices Architecture - REST</li> <li>CI/CD - Unit Testing</li> </ul><p>Required experience with the technologies below:</p><ul> <li>Spring Boot and Spring Cloud latest features</li> <li>AMQP - RabbitMQ</li> <li>PostgreSQL or any other database</li> </ul><p>Nice to have experience with the technologies below:</p><ul> <li>Gitlab-CI</li> <li>Maven</li> <li>Kubernetes</li> <li>MongoDB</li> <li>S3 (AWS)</li> <li>Redis</li> </ul><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><p>You will have the opportunity to work in a motivating and multicultural environment working on a global scale projects and using latest technologies. Additionally, you will enjoy the following benefits:</p><ul> <li>Attractive remuneration package plus performance related reward</li> <li>Private health insurance</li> <li>Intellectually stimulating work environment</li> <li>Customized training plan</li> </ul>