Senior Java Software Engineer

Luxoft; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft in New Jersey is seeking an experienced Java engineer to drive the development of innovative web and backend services for securities platforms. You will work across web and desktop apps, web services and Linux environments to visualize data and automate workflows.

The role requires deep Java SE/EE expertise, strong Spring skills, and hands-on Linux; you will join a team rewriting legacy components with Spring Boot/Spring Cloud, Kotlin, and Groovy, with focus on scalable,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of commercial Java SE/EE experience.
• Strong Spring (Boot, IoC, MVC, AOP, Security, Data, JDBC, Test).
• SQL/Oracle relational DB knowledge.
• Servlets and containers (Tomcat) and WebLogic understanding.
• CI/CD experience with TeamCity and/or Jenkins.
• Hands-on Linux experience and Bash scripting.
• Analytical mindset and ability to work with teams to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop business and technical features for old and new applications.
• Prototype ideas; rewrite legacy components with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud; Kotlin and Groovy.
• Configure and maintain Windows and Linux environments; patch, monitor, etc.
• Integrate components with internal and external client systems.
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot application servers (Tomcat, WebLogic).
• Monitor applications, logs and metrics (ELK, ITRS, Autosys).
• Set up and improve CI/CD (Jenkins, TeamCity, IBM Urban Deploy, Bash).
• Automate routines with Groovy and Bash.
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Design distributed applications with multi-server deployments and microservices.

Skills

Java SE/EE

Spring Framework

SQL/Oracle

Servlets & WebLogic

CI/CD (Jenkins/TeamCity)

Linux & Bash

Problem solving

Tools

Tomcat

WebLogic

TeamCity

Jenkins

Job description

• We are working on a platform, which receives data about securities and prices from various data providers, enrich and validate it, and finally distribute the consolidated data to internal bank systems. Our team is responsible for different web applications, desktop applications, web services and Linux environments that allow to visualize securities and to execute workflows on them.

Responsibilities:

• - Develop business and technical features for old and new applications
• - Prototype Ideas (we have many internal technical projects, we plan to rewrite all our legacy components in 1-2 years in Spring Boot and Spring Cloud, we play with Kotlin and Groovy)
• - Configure and maintain Windows and Linux environments (we own many environments, install agents and software, patch, monitor, etc)
• - Integrate our components with different internal and external client's systems
• - Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Application servers (Tomcat, Weblogic)
• - Monitor applications, processes, scheduled jobs, collect different types of logs and metrics (ELK, ITRS, Autosys)
• - Setup and improve CI/CD (Jenkins, TeamCity, IBM Urban Deploy, Bash)
• - Automate routine with scripting languages (Groovy, Bash)
• - Write all types of tests: unit, integration, end-to-end
• - Design distributed applications (we deploy everything on more than one server, use load balancing and clusters, prefer lightweight and stateless solutions, extract functionality into small services, switch from monolith to microservice architecture)

Mandatory Skills Description:

• - Strong Java SE and Java EE with at least 10 years of commercial experience
• - Strong Spring knowledge (Boot, IoC, MVC, AOP, Security, Data, JDBC, Test)
• - Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases (Oracle)
• - Good understanding of Servlets, Servlet containers (Tomcat) and application servers (Weblogic)
• - Good understanding of CI/CD, experience with TeamCity or/and Jenkins
• - Hands-on user experience with Linux (navigation, work with files and folders, work with permissions, users and groups, work with processes and services, understanding of keys and certificates, simple Bash scripting)
• - Ability to dive into the problem, find effective and clean solutions, discuss them with the team and implement the best one when everyone is on the same page

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• - Angular or similar (React, Vue), Angular Material, RxJs
• - Ability to create nice HTML/CSS layouts
• - Deep Oracle knowledge
• - Experience with ELK
• - Experience with Spring Cloud modules and microservice architecture