Intermediate Backend Software Engineer

ENVIRONMENT:

If you want your coding to make a real difference, then a dynamic HealthTech company wants you as their next Intermediate Backend Software Engineer. Joining their innovative & tightknit team, you will help build a critical real-time communication platform, participating in the planning and delivery of a scalable & reliable architecture. You will require 3 years’ Backend Dev experience in a commercial environment – preferably with external users, Java/Kotlin, Linux, distributed Source Control systems, strong relational database experience, REST services and message queues.

DUTIES:

Core Tasks –

• Contribution to the scalable and reliable architecture.
• Development and maintenance of the core backend components.
• Establishing automated deployment and testing processes.
• Integration with third party systems.

• Develop and maintain the core system components of the communication platform.
• Contribute to architecting and deploying a system that can scale according to demand with the necessary fault tolerance and redundancy structures in place.
• Manage deployment to cloud providers.
• Ensure databases are designed and performing optimally.
• Research and evaluate new technologies, components and tools for inclusion in our environment.
• Involvement in the full software development lifecycle, including – Agile processes:
• SCRUM and sprint planning.
• Continuous integration and automated deployment.
• Maintain an automated testing environment.
  • Planning and architecture.
  • Maintaining production systems.

REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 3 years of Backend development experience in a commercial environment (preferably one with external users).
• Java / Kotlin experience.
• Familiarity with deployment to Linux environments.
• Competent in using distributed Source Control systems.
• Strong Relational Database experience.
• Message queues and REST Services.

Advantageous –

• Cloud platform experience.
• Worked with Akka.
• Event-driven architecture and CQRS.
• Microservices Architecture experience.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

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