LEAD JAVA DEVELOPER

Skillfinder International
Zürich, Switzerland
19 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, Swiss German
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Zürich, Switzerland

Tech stack

Java
Continuous Delivery
DevOps
Elasticsearch
Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Spring
Scrum
Spring-boot
Backend
Kubernetes
Deployment Automation
Reactive Programming
Docker
Microservices

Job description

In this position, you will lead an agile backend team working across multiple locations, fostering a strong quality-driven engineering culture and ensuring the continuous delivery of robust, secure solutions., * Lead and develop an agile engineering team using Kanban and Scrum methodologies

  • Act as the primary interface between engineering and management, translating business needs into clear technical direction
  • Take ownership of the backend codebase, technology stack, and applications across the full lifecycle
  • Design, build, deploy, and maintain client-facing wealth management applications
  • Develop backend services using Java and Spring Boot
  • Drive DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and operational excellence
  • Ensure engineering standards, security, and compliance are met consistently

Requirements

Do you have experience in Spring Framework?, You bring a strong quality mindset and understand the real impact technology has on end users. You are comfortable leading people and influencing decisions at senior levels., * Proven experience leading and developing engineers in a distributed environment

  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with senior leadership
  • Fluency in Swiss German and English
  • Deep expertise in Java and the Java Virtual Machine
  • Hands-on experience building microservice-based backends with Java and Spring Boot
  • Practical experience with Docker and container orchestration, ideally Kubernetes, * Background in finance or wealth management with knowledge of financial instruments
  • Experience with Elasticsearch and messaging systems
  • Exposure to reactive programming

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