Senior Java Developer - Payments

VASS UK&I
London, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
£58,000.0 - £98,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Application Integration Architecture Application Performance Management Systems Engineering Confluence JIRA Automation of Tests Cloud Computing Computer Engineering
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Continuous Integration DevOps Payment Systems Middleware Github Gradle HP Systems Insight Manager IBM WebSphere MQ Apache JMeter Enterprise Messaging Systems RabbitMQ Software Engineering SONAR (Symantec) Systems Integration Cloud Platform System Spring-boot Gatling Backend Kubernetes Atlassian Tools ISO 20022 Standard Apache Kafka Non-relational Database Graphql Docker Microservices

Job description

  • Developing and maintaining payment systems and platform services
  • Building microservices, middleware applications, orchestrators, and automated tests
  • Integrating systems through APIs and messaging technologies
  • Providing technical guidance and promoting software engineering best practices
  • Overseeing application monitoring and supporting production implementations
  • Providing third-line support for complex application issues
  • Improving application performance, observability, and resilience
  • Working proactively within an agile development environment

Technologies:

  • AWS
  • Cloud
  • Confluence
  • DevOps
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • Gradle
  • GraphQL
  • IBM
  • Support
  • JIRA
  • Java
  • JMeter
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • REST
  • RabbitMQ
  • Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • Swift
  • microservices
  • Backend
  • Sonar

Requirements

  • At least five years of software development experience using Java
  • Experience with Spring Boot and microservices
  • Experience with messaging systems, ideally Kafka and another technology such as RabbitMQ or IBM MQ
  • Experience integrating APIs using REST and GraphQL
  • Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
  • Experience developing systems using agile methodologies
  • Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills
  • A proactive approach and the ability to learn quickly
  • A completed bachelors degree in systems engineering, computer engineering, mathematics, physics, economics, business administration, or a related discipline
  • Desirable experience: knowledge of UK or international payment standards, including ISO 20022, SWIFT, and MX messaging
  • Desirable experience: experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Desirable experience: knowledge of AWS or another cloud platform
  • Desirable experience: experience with performance-testing tools such as Gatling or JMeter
  • Desirable experience: familiarity with Jira and Confluence
  • Desirable experience: DevOps and continuous-integration experience using tools such as Gradle, GitHub Actions, and Sonar

About the company

We are part of a dynamic ecosystem of companies including VASS, NATEEVO, Serbatic, vdSHOP, T4S, Comunytek, ECENTA, and CRI group, with over 4,000 talented people driven by excellence and innovation. Through the E4 Agile Method, we support large enterprises in their digital transformation journey from strategy to operation. We are committed to social impact through the VASS Foundation, established in 2019 to support research and training in digital talent, and we allocate 2% of our profits while encouraging our team to dedicate 1% of their time to solidarity actions. We are hiring a Senior Java Software Engineer on an initial six-month contractor basis to help develop and support modern payment-processing systems using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.

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