Java Engineer at Progressive Edge

An international software firm that solves real-world problems with innovative solutions and modern technology stacks seeks an experienced .Net developer to join their software development teams. Their experience spans the education, financial services, gaming, government, insurance and telecoms sectors. they maintain their track record by using their vast business domain knowledge and world-class skills to successfully deliver digital solutions into client organisations.

The company has a relaxed yet professional work environment extends to their flat management structure. Being a part of this company means working on dynamic project teams, while pursuing your own career growth through their Continuous Learning Programme.

The Role

We are looking for Java Engineers to work with other talented engineers in a professional Scrum team to help drive the design and execution of digital solutions and to assist with:

• Conducting software analysis, programming, testing and debugging
• Identifying production and non-production application issues
• Contributing across all phases of the development lifecycle
• Writing well designed, testable, and efficient code
• Ensuring designs follow specifications
• Preparing and producing releases of software components
• Supporting continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review

Requirements:

• BSc degree in a technology-related field preferable
• Proficiency in Java with +-3 years solid exposure at a professional level
• Must be interested in pursuing a professional career in Java
• OOP principles polymorphism, inheritance, encapsulation
• Experience in Spring Boot
• Experience in CI/CD principles and related tools (e.g., Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience in using version control tools especially Git
• Gradle / Maven
• Unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, PowerMock)

 Advantageous Tech Skills:

• Knowledge of microservices design
• Knowledge of the Agile approach
• Knowledge of Spring Cloud components (e.g., Eureka, Feign, Hystrix, etc.)
• Familiarity with service monitoring & debugging tools (MELK stack, Grafana, Splunk or CloudWatch)
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket)
• AWS certification
• Messaging, event store or stream processing platforms (e.g., Rabbit MQ, Kafka, JMS)