Senior Java Developer Job at TechAdvance

TechAdvance is a payment application development company with a strategic focus in developing and deploying niche payment companies to serve the needs of large public and private sector organisations in Emerging markets.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior Java Developer

Job Location: Victoria Island, Lagos + Virtual
Reporting Line: Chief Technology Officer

Job Purpose

• The incumbent will design, build and maintain scalable software systems, identify and devise solutions to bottlenecks and bugs and contribute to all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• He/She will also support the tech team to bring product visions to life.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Create the formal design documentation as required
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Translate requirements and use cases into functional applications
• Develop code that complies with design specifications and meets security and Java/JEE best practices.
• Design, develop and maintain back-end services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability.
• Conduct code reviews, as requested, to comply with coding standards
• Produce and maintain high-quality technical process documentation.

Specifications & Requirements
 The ideal candidate must be:

• Creative thinker and problem solver who can help develop scalable software systems
• A self-starter and self-motivated person who is willing to support the tech team deliver on its strategic objectives
• Passionate about innovation and result-oriented.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Minimum of 5 years of professional Java development experience
• Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies
• Experience working with Hibernate, Oracle, and MySQL, PostgreSQL databases
• Experience with creating, managing and consuming RESTful APIs
• Experience working with Spring Framework
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with, or understanding of CI/CD, AWS infrastructure services, Docker.
• Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle
• Experience with Automated quality assurance testing, jMeter, unit, and functional testing
• Experience developing, profiling, and troubleshooting Java application code and automated testing tools
• Knowledge and experience in EFK, Kakfa, AWS Cloud environments, docker containers
• Experience in containerization of Springboot microservices
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Solid analytical skills with strong attention to detail
• Financial Services or banking industry experience preferred
• Experience with application performance and memory management, and understand fundamentals of garbage collection.