Lead Java Software Developer

Luxoft; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking an experienced Java developer to join a squad building a centralized sales and trading platform for a major bank. The role focuses on designing and delivering scalable services, leading technical decisions, and collaborating with IT and control functions across workflows.

You will own architecture, mentor teammates, and ensure robust API integrations (REST/GRPC, Kafka) while driving code quality through reviews and best practices in testing and documentation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of minimum 8 years with Java development.
• Minimum 5 years as team lead/technical lead.
• Experience clarifying technical requirements.
• Experience assigning tasks within the team.
• Proven experience with databases.
• Service API (REST/GRPC/Web servers, OpenApi/Swagger).
• Service integration (REST, grpc, MQ, Kafka).
• Knowledge of concurrency, algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Github Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based applications and services.
• Task allocation and work prioritization among team
• Application architecture planning and design
• Providing expertise in database technologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development and test environments.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices in software development and testing.
• Document technical designs, test plans, and procedures.
• Capable of designing solutions before moving into the implementation phase
• Provide technical support to less senior team members

Skills

Java development

Team lead

REST/GRPC

Kafka

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Data structures

Github Copilot

Tools

OpenAPI

Swagger

MQ

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Project description

Our client in banking and capital markets industry is building a centralized platform for its sales and trading business vertical.A critical challenge is the client experience, where clients face off with three separate businesses, rather than a one-stop-shop. Thisexperience is mirrored on the back-end with three separate workflows and infrastructures across products.We are a team that engage in development of a centralized, in-house driven sales and trading platform, engaging with IT and control functions in support of rollout across all trading business.

Responsibilities

• - Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based applications and services.
• - Task allocation and work prioritization among team
• - Application architecture planning and design
• - Providing expertise in database technologies
• - Responsibility for business and technical aspects of application development
• - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• - Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development and test environments.
• - Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices in software development and testing.
• - Document technical designs, test plans, and procedures.
• - Proactively ask the right questions to clarify requirements
• - Capable of designing solutions before moving into the implementation phase
• - Provide technical support to less senior team members

SKILLS

Must have

• - Proven experience of minimum 8 years with Java development and strong core Java development skills
• - Prior experience of minimum 5 years as team lead/technical lead
• - Experience with clarification of technical requirements
• - Experience with assigning tasks within the team
• - Proven experience with data bases
• - Service API (REST/GRPC/Web servers, OpenApi/SwaggerApi)
• - Service integration (REST, grpc, MQ, Kafka)
• - Proven knowledge of computer science concepts including concurrency, algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
• - Experience with Github Copilot

Nice to have

• - Knowledge of fixed income and trading domains of investment banking business
• - Memory management
• - Multithreaded and high performance developmentConcurrent programming and zero lock execution