Senior Java developer Reference number: 2523

Job description

Summary

Senior Java developer for an application adopting a distributed micro-service architecture leveraging Apache Kafka as a communication bus and workload distribution mechanism.

What you'll do

• We are looking for an experienced Java backend developer who excels at creating exceptional quality applications to join our Journey to Cloud tribe.
  
  Based in Belgium, you will be working as a member of a dynamic team that is responsible for end-to-end delivery – from customer engagement to operations.
  
  You will have a unique opportunity to expand your reach in term of knowledge and network, and to build your expertise.
• What to expect?
  
  - You will work on an application distributed across multiple data centers, with an architecture based on micro-services and synchronous replication through Apache Kafka.
  
  - You will use a range of proven technologies, such as Java, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, to bring 24/7 availability and resiliency to our customers.
  
  - You will contribute to design and technical decisions, and provide guidance to more junior members of the team.
  
  - You will design, de

Profile

• - Autonomous, empowered with the ability to drive, adapt and respond to change.
  
  - Customer oriented and quality mindset – we continually strive to deliver true customer value.
  
  - Open-minded, solutions oriented, and a team player – gaining energy through collaboration with others.
  
  - Not afraid of technical challenges and complex distributed systems.
  
  - Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Required skills

• Automation of unit test, integration testing, mocking tools (JUnit, Mockito, etc...).
• Cloud based deployment technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Continuous delivery process and technologies (Jenkins, GIT, Maven, ...)
• Databases (Elastic Search, Oracle, H2, JPA ) and data modelling.
• Debugging of distributed systems (Kibana, ElasticSearch)
• Event sourcing architecture (Kafka Streams).
• Java backend developer (Java 11 or newer)
• Large-scale distributed application frameworks (Kafka, Zookeeper).
• OS platforms: Windows, Linux (Redhat).
• SSL/TLS, HTTP/S, XML (schema, parsing, …) .