Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Gravitee; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK seeks a Software Engineer to join their global support team. The role focuses on enhancing API management products, developing new features, and delivering technical support to clients in various sectors. Candidates should have over five years of application development experience, fluency in Java, and a robust understanding of UI development using TypeScript and Angular. This full-time position encourages innovation and problem-solving within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in application development.
• Fluent with modern versions of Java in backend development.
• Experience building UI apps with TypeScript and Angular.

Responsibilities

• Assist the support team to enhance customer experiences.
• Develop new features from design to implementation.
• Participate in Tech Sprint to improve the codebase.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

Angular

Problem-solving skills

Automated testing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

JPA

PostgreSQL

Job description

Join the API Revolution at Gravitee—Where Innovation Meets Growth

Since our beginnings in 2015, Gravitee has grown into a global force, recognized as a 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ Leader for API Management. What started with four developers challenging the complexities of APIs has evolved into a revolutionary platform powering API and event stream ecosystems worldwide. We’re driving digital transformation for top enterprises, from Michelin to Roche to Blue Yonder and beyond, offering unmatched control over APIs and event streams.

Our rapid growth and leadership in API management are fueled by our team’s commitment to excellence and our core values :

Passion : We bring excitement to everything we do, constantly innovating to stay ahead of the curve.

Do What it Takes : We go above and beyond to help customers and teammates succeed, holding ourselves to the highest standards.

Professionalism : We believe in clear, respectful communication and prioritize the needs of our team and customers.

Join us on this journey. Be part of a team that’s redefining what’s possible in API management, and shaping the future of digital transformation. The possibilities are endless—be a part of the revolution!

THE ROLE & WHY IT EXISTS

We are expanding globally to serve the needs of our large international clients who are predominantly in banking, healthcare, insurance, and more. This is a full‑time role, based in India, with the ability to work flexibly with our UK / French / US teams.

As a Software Engineer, you will be part of a Support team dedicated to making Gravitee’s products best in class both in terms of features and in UX. From time to time you will also be responsible for delivering exceptional technical support to our customers. This is a hands‑on, critical role in our organisation and is highly technical. The right candidate will enjoy problem‑solving with our clients in a highly specialised way. Gravitee clients are the end‑users of our platforms and are as technical as you are!

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Assist the support team to help customers have the best experience possible with our products
• Interact with the Product Owner to help define the future of Gravitee’s products
• Develop new end‑to‑end features : from design to implementation (develop and integrate APIs and the front‑end interfaces and visualisations they power to deliver product features)
• Work with other team members to develop and maintain new features
• Participate in Tech Sprint during which the focus is made on improving the existing codebase
• Share your (tech and non‑tech) knowledge during our internal Gravitee TechTalk
• Leading the investigation of multiple Support Tickets and working collaboratively to understand and resolve customer issues providing the best solution possible
• Prioritising issues and giving our customers (both internal and external), located in multiple countries and time zones, the level of duty and care they need to help implement our platform in their environments
• Creating knowledge articles to complete our documentation and enabling customers to better understand product use cases
• Being innovative within the team and with customer to help improve processes and tools

WHOYOU ARE - The right candidate will possess at least the following skills :

• 5+ years of professional experience in application development
• You are fluent with modern versions of Java and have used it in wide backend applications
• You already have successfully built a UI app using TypeScript with Angular or another modern web framework
• You understand the value of writing automated tests to prevent regression bugs
• You like sharing knowledge and continuous learning is important to you
• You are curious about and want to be part of all aspects of a project like CI,dependency management, and vulnerability management
• You are patient, resilient and have great problem solving skills
• You possess great attention to detail and provide accurate solutions to internal and external stakeholders

ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Backend Skills : Java 17Spring (Data, Security etc.)
• Database knowledge : JPA, JDBC, Spring Data
• Testing : JUnit 5
• Frontend Skills : Angular 17
• Relational Databases (Tools) : MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL or something equivalent
• Messaging : Kafka, JMS, RabbitMQ, Solace, MQTT or something equivalent
• Continuous Integration and Deployment : CI / CD, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD
• Build Automation Tools : Maven, Yarn

DESIRED SKILLS - Additionally, these skills are not required, but preferable :

• Testing : Cypress, Jest
• Backend : Liquidbase, Vertx, RXJava
• Frontend Skills : Cypress, Jest, Angular Material Harness, Storybook
• NoSQL Databases (Tools) : ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis
• Messaging : Kafka, JMS, RabbitMQ, Solace, MQTT or something equivalent
• Cloud : Azure
• Metrics and Tracing : Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTracing, Jaeger

At Gravitee, no employee or applicant will be treated less favourably on the grounds of their sex, marital status, race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or religion or belief.