Senior Backend Developer

Role

Senior Backend Developer (Java/Kafka/Node.js)

Location

Hong Kong

Who we are

Corporate

At ELEVATE, we offer a unique and impactful career journey in ESG field designed to empower our teams to influence change. Join our team for a truly international experience. Fasten your seatbelt for an energetic and dynamic experience where you will have exposure to and support our global best-in-class team across 100 countries. In line with ELEVATE’s mission to use business and innovation to be a drive transformational change, this is your opportunity to lead the operations of an organisation that is a driver of meaningful and lasting impact that effectively improves people’s lives and preserves our planet.

EiQ Platform Team

At our team, we are using the innovative technologies and approaches to support the operations the best. In our technology portfolio, we have multiple projects that are the ones of their kind and the ways for making them real are always innovative. Our GraphQL backends are using microservice architecture utilising the benefits of advanced GraphQL Federation approaches. Microservice communications are implemented with use of Apache Kafka. We are using best tools for error and performance monitoring to maintain the best possible experience for the users of our digital services. Our brave and decisive developers will be strong partners of yours in building a remarkable digital product.

Who you are

Are you excited about the prospect of contributing to a business dedicated to addressing the world’s most pressing challenges? If you are passionate about:

· Tackling environmental, social, and governance issues

· Collaborating with a team of innovative thinkers

· Thriving in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

· Working with some of the most prominent and forward-thinking brands globally

· Then, the opportunity to express your problem-solving skills through creating and enhancing innovative digital products for one of the largest ESG companies in the world might be the perfect fit for you. Consider joining us as a valued partner.

Job overview

ELEVATE is seeking a passionate, detail-oriented Senior Backend Software Developer with a strong understanding of modern web application tools and best practices. The developer will play a major role in developing data-driven applications that will transform the way brands and retailers assess their supply chains and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

· Design and develop robust, scalable, extensible event-driven applications with Apache Kafka

· Support ELEVATE's global product development teams. Take leadership in designing, developing application on the defined requirements and standards (engineering, QA, and DevOps to ensure projects are completed on time and of high quality).

· Take leadership in planning software development phases and organising own work in reliable and optimal ways. And align with tech leads.

· Writing automated test cases to ensure continuous quality of the developed functionality.

· Conduct code reviews with team members and learn and educate through constructive comments.

· Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

· 7+ years of experience in software development

· 3+ years of hands-on experience in back-end development with Java/Scala and Node.js, preferably with TypeScript

· Strong knowledge of event-driven applications design and event delivery pipelines, preferably with Apache Kafka

· Solid experience in working with SQL databases, preferably with Postgres, including but not limited to configuring database instances for read/write performance and creating high-performant queries

· Ability to design and implement data model (database schemas) and data pipeline to support business processes

· Ability to develop clean/maintainable code, that is highly performant and secure by design

· Proficient with Git (GitLab) and Docker

· Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Gitlab CI and Jenkins

· Ability to implement automated unit tests and integration (E2E) tests

· Knowledge of any of the cloud computing platforms (preferably AWS)

· Strong written and spoken English skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ELEVATE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by local law. Personal data provided by applicants will be treated as confidential information and will be used exclusively for employment purposes only. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Applicants who are not invited for an interview may consider their applications filed for future reference.

To learn more about career opportunities at ELEVATE, please visit our Careers Page here: https://www.elevatelimited.com/careers/