About the Position

Senior SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

A Senior SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER (Java) is urgently needed to develop software for a major Canadian social health project.

Responsibilities

Contributes to the plans associated with the software development of features. Executes the design, development, deployment, and operation of cloud-based services. Contributes to prioritization of new features versus technical debt resolution.
Holds themselves to high standards in writing quality scalable and supportable code, complete with appropriate unit tests, automated testing, documentation, and operationalization aspects in a CI/CD environment.
Seeks technical excellence in implementing new functionality and improvements to existing implementations.
Interfaces with user representatives or other engineering groups to define requirements and/or necessary modifications when required.
Proactively collaborates with other teams to resolve roadblocks and ensure a smooth delivery.

5+ years of professional software development experience
Proficiency with Java/JVM languages (Kotlin, Scala, etc.)
Experience in building complex, highly scalable, performant, secure, and reliable software systems.
Experience in Cloud-native design, principles, and best practices.
Exposure to AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Exposure to TDD and CI/CD processes.
Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills.
Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment.
Excellent verbal and written English.

Proficiency with.NET/C#.
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and asynchronous architectures.
Understanding of data modeling and database theory (ACID, CAP, etc.).
Experience designing, creating, and securing APIs; Web Services (SOAP/XML, REST/JSON), OAuth, JWT/JWE/JWS, WS-Security, SAML.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science.

Kyiv, Kharkiv, Remote

Up to 7000 USD

Upper-intermediate English