Java Lead Developer

Position: JAVA LEAD

Location: NEW YORK, NY (LOCAL ONLY)

(Only for those who can speak Mandarin OR Cantonese)

Project Scope:

To drive our future growth, we need to dramatically scale our platform and build new products. Client growth is explosive, and only great problem-solvers, collaborators and thinkers can help us take it to the next level. If that sounds like you then keep reading!

We want to hire lead developers that are eager to have significant influence on a massive technology overhaul using nothing but the best products, patterns, and practices!

We believe in decoupled, message-driven, and distributed systems. We strive to keep codebases small and manageable. We're interested in reactive design patterns that will make our systems more resilient and responsive yet remain elastic to change. As we proceed through our technology roadmap we are evaluating new community endorsed technologies for every tier of our platform. Our backend tiers are presently JVM-based.

We are using or considering technologies like Kafka, Spring Boot, Angular, Bootstrap, REST, Chef, Terraform, Openstack, Azure, Elasticsearch, NoSQL, Docker and so on.

Your Challenge:

Assume a high level of ownership of all work developed by members of the team

Push for better Development Practices, better Code, better Solutions

Encourage discussions on software design within the team and provide constructive feedback on ideas

Be aware of individual and overall team morale

Thrive in a highly collaborative company environment where agility is paramount

Ensure high quality code is produced by the team while employing community accepted testing principles, best practices, and tooling

Provide technical guidance, support and mentoring to both junior and senior team members

Assist principal technologists/Architects in making architectural decisions

Ensure Software Development Best Practices are established and followed by the team

Make technology recommendations that balance business needs and technical requirements

Proactively understand stakeholder needs, goals, expectations and viewpoints to deliver results

Effectively host technology education forums (i.e. Technology Brown Bag Session) around relevant topics for the wider organization and mentor other team members as they grow their presentation skills

Make difficult decisions without needing to rely on others, but know when to consult others

What You Bring:

Expert level experience of web development under your belt

Expert in Java and the JVM

Expert in the Spring Framework

Experience of Cloud Native Development targeting a major Cloud Provider

Experience working with Linux Virtual Machines in a Cloud Environment

Experience with microservices architecture

Familiar with Infrastructure as code and cloud orchestration frameworks such as Chef/Terraform

Actively involved in, bring up and defend software design decisions

Mentor fellow Developers, share the experience and help them get better

Worked in an Agile environment, done Scrum, can take on Scrum Master role.

Stay up-to-date with new web technologies on the front and back end through self-study, blogs, meetups, conferences, etc.

Always have quality in mind and you employ community accepted testing principles, best practices, and tooling

You push for better Development Practices, better Code, better Solutions

Thrive in a highly collaborative company environment where agility is paramount

Experience building distributed data platforms with high availability concerns and are easily horizontally scaled

Experience leading Scrum ceremonies

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