Principal Java Software Engineer

Direct Staffing Inc; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a skilled server-side Java developer to enhance their platform. The ideal candidate will possess extensive Java experience, ideally with a strong background in RESTful services and Big Data technologies. This role involves collaboration across teams to optimize performance and scale high-traffic web applications, contributing significantly to a dynamic project environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of development experience.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of scaling web applications and securing data.

Responsibilities

• Write Spring 4 beans and Hibernate or JPA data objects.
• Identify and fix defective code.
• Develop REST services for a Big Data platform.

Skills

Java

REST

Spring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Hadoop

NoSQL

Job description

We are looking for a server-side Java developer to grow the platform even further.

You are the kind of person who:

• Loves writing code and building great applications.
• Wants to work with a team that treats each other with respect and challenges you to be better.

What you know how to do:

• Can write Spring 4 beans and Hibernate or JPA data objects.
• Knows Spring bean scopes and when to use them.
• Able to identify and fix defective, poor performing or non-scalable code.
• Knows how to develop and debug AOP injected code.
• Understands software security practices including user authentication and authorization, data validation and an understanding of common DOS and SQL injection techniques.
• Is familiar with profiling, code coverage, logging, common IDE’s and other development tools.
• Demonstrates good judgment, creativity, and ingenuity in proposed technical solutions.
• Coordinates work across teams to build seamless features.

What you also have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or have equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of development experience.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.

Qualifications

Does this describe you?

• Java
• REST
• Spring

The Ideal Candidate

• Must have good communication skills.
• Must have experience working on web applications supporting 1M+ end users or large data sets with 10M+ database records. This is a very Big Data platform.
• Experience building REST services (orchestration layer) on CRUD data services based on Cloudera Hadoop stack, with an emphasis on performance optimization.
• Understanding how to secure data in a REST architecture.
• Knowledge of scaling web applications, including load balancing, caching, indexing, normalization, etc.
• Proficiency in Java/Spring web application development.
• Experience with Test Driven Development and Agile methodologies; Behavior Driven Development is a plus.
• Knowledge of Hadoop, Big Data, Hive, Pig, NoSQL is a plus, though most engineers with this background may have limited REST experience.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Direct Staffing Inc