Junior Java Developer

We are looking for a motivated and collaborative Software Engineer to help us achieve our goals of building modern digital platforms and applications. We want you to help provide technical expertise and acumen to our growing team in pursuit of our customer experience goals.Our modern platform is built on top of a modern stack consisting of Kotlin/JVM for the back end interacting with other Java/JVM services internally, and a React based front end. We integrate with numerous internal and external APIs to support core business processes.Responsibilities:As a developer, you will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of your software from inception to production, working on a mixture of green-field and brown-field projects, learning from, and contributing to your peer groupParticipate in code review and design of systems from members of all levelsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to design and integrate functionality and featuresPartner with our Product Management team to refine functionality and featuresQualifications:Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experienceFundamental strength in computer science with a demonstrable understanding of computational complexity and data structuresUnderstanding of service-based architecturesUnderstanding of web applications and use APIs to power themProven experience with live applications and production environmentsTechnical Skills:Able to use AI tooling (CoPilot, Devin, Etc) to accelerate application and API developmentAble to guide, analyze, correct, explain, and improve AI outputSoftware testing acumen (unit test, integration tests)Java/Kotlin/JVM (up to 3 years of commercial experience)Databases: Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, preferring PostgresSource Code Control: Working experience using GitHub, Bitbucket, RhodeCodeProduction monitoring and logging tools (i.e. CloudWatch, Prometheus, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, ELF)Container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, GCP GKE, AWS ECS, AWS EKSCI/CD platforms (we are using GitHub Actions)Other: Git, Gitflow, Jira, Gitlab, Trello, ScrumFrameworks: Ktor, SpringSoft Skills:Creativity & Problem-SolvingAdaptability & FlexibilityAptitude for technology; curiosity, passion and startup mindsetPractical application and understanding of computer science conceptsInnovative thinkingNice-to-Have:Full stack experience and willingness to dive into other levels of web applicationsApplied statistics skills: distributions, statistical testing, regression analysisCloud management and deployment – A strong background in different cloud platforms like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack Apache, and Google Cloud PlatformDatabases – A familiarity of working with different databases such as Postgres, MySQL, NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB), Redis is recommendedWeb technologies – knowledge and experience working with web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, C#, SASS, Stylus, Stylus, Python, and LESSWeb frameworks – knowledge and experience working with different frameworks like React Native, AngularJS, Angular2, VueJS, SocketIO, Backbone, KnockoutJS, Svelte, and BootstrapSoftware testing tools – A good working knowledge in testing code using Mocha, Jest, Unit-tests, TDD, Karma, VCS, and Selenium (base)