Senior Software Engineer (Java) needed at Black Swan Data

Job Summary:

• The Senior Software Engineer will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining high-performance services supporting our suite of SaaS products.
• This role requires a strong understanding of Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, and cloud computing.
• The successful candidate will work closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to ensure we deliver the right value at the right time.
• They will excel in an agile development environment and drive continuous improvement and adoption of best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend systems
• Work with a cross functional team to deliver projects on time and within budget
• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to testing, deployment and evolution
• Stay up to date on the latest technologies and trends in the software industry
• Mentor and train junior engineers
• Work with engineers to design and implement full-stack solutions

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Extensive experience with building Java services in the Spring (Boot) ecosystem with a focus on efficiency and maintainability.
• Experience building and deploying scalable architectures in a cloud environment (AWS Preferred), including Kubernetes
• Solid experience in testing frameworks (Mockito, Junit)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD governance and principles
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills to identify, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues effectively.
• Strong sense of ownership to take initiative, be accountable for assigned tasks, and deliver high-quality results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and clients.
• Experience working in accordance with agile and XP principles, and in frameworks such as Scrum & Kanban

Advantageous skills:

• Microservices Architecture: Understanding of microservices architecture and experience building microservices applications.
• Containerization Technologies: Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and scaling applications.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Experience with building and maintaining CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) tools and pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Helm
• Infrastructure as code: Terraform or Cloudformation
• GraphQL
• Mongo
• Kafka
• Python knowledge for some integration work
• Exposure to LLM tooling and prompt engineering