Backend Developer (Java / Kotlin)

Objective

Product Development (green-field)

Required Skills

  • Communication Skills (English proficiency mandatory, German is a plus)
  • Willingness to learn new stuff (business and technology)
  • Get-the-work-done attitude
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Awareness for privacy and data security concerns of large international companies
  • Sense for technology choices with respect to long-term maintainability ans scalability of development work force (recent, but mature technologies rather than "latest and greatest" niche frameworks), in order to assure long-term maintainability of the code base
  • "Coding-for-the-people" attitude: readable code over fancy code (keep in mind that others need to jump-in easily as well in the future)

Expected Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in backend development in JDK based technologies... or being extra-smart
  • 2+ years of experience in software design and architecture
  • 2+ years of experience in a enterprise-grade customer/product development set-up... or being a quick study when it comes to smart ways of designing, documenting, and hardening software for sustainable and maintainable products
  • 2+ years of experience with JPA and various Spring frameworks
  • System integration throng standard protocols like REST and JMS/Kafka
  • Cloud hosting and cloud security (Azure, GCP, AWS, etc.) ist a big PLUS
  • Single sign-on mechanisms (OAuth 2.0, SAML, etc.), preferable in combination with Spring Security is a big PLUS
  • Experience in frontend technologies (Angular, REACT) ist a big PLUS
  • Hands-on experience with XML, XSD, XSLT, Path, etc. ist a PLUS

What we offer

  • You work in a Swiss based consulting and product start-up without the constraints of rigid hierarchies and a clear vision for their objectives and products
  • You can make us of your own intellect and do not have to follow anyone blindly, not event the most admired experts
  • You can work with (and learn) a variety of technologies, not just "bleeding-edge", but also mature and widely used ones
  • You'll work with senior peer colleagues from diverse international and academical backgrounds that love to teach and learn
  • You'll get responsibility, not just tasks (in buzz-word-talk: we dynamically delegate responsibility according to fitness for purpose ;-))
  • You'll get to work with the best and greatest tools & hardware: bring your own device ;-) ("a mason needs its own trowel, a writer its own pen, and a developer its own computer")
  • obviously, you'll earn some money too. Both, in line with the market, and the motivation and skills you demonstrate! Make sure, the proceeds of success are shared with those who contributed to it

Programming language / Framework

Java, Kotlin

Location

Poland / Worldwide (Remote)

Type of Contract

Freelance / B2B, or optionally a fix employment in Poland