Java Backend Engineer Job at Rensource Distributed Energy Limited

Rensource began commercial operations in 2016. It is a leading renewable energy and merchant services company revolutionizing energy provision in Africa by building and operating clean energy-based micro utilities. It is Nigeria’s fastest growing provider of off-grid energy, powering the productivity of small and medium size enterprises.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Position: Java Backend Engineer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

About The Job


  • We are looking for a Java Backend developer responsible for building Java Backand API applications. This includes anything between complex groups of back-end services and their client-end (desktop and mobile) counterparts.
  • Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these applications, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and product quality are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
  • Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
  • Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
  • Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Requirements

  • Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
  • Proficient in Java Springboot
  • Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
  • Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle
  • Proficient in PostgresSQL and MongoDB
  • Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
  • Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
  • Skill for writing reusable Java libraries
  • Knowledge of concurrency patterns in Java
  • Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful
  • Experience with popular web application frameworks, such as Play and Spark
  • Knack for writing clean, readable Java code
  • Experience with both external and embedded databases
  • Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
  • Basic understanding of the class loading mechanism in Java
  • Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
  • Basic understanding of JVM, its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
  • Familiarity with continuous integration.