Senior Software Engineer - Java

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Teya, your core responsibilities will include:

• Leading software development efforts and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining robust and scalable software systems.
• Conducting code reviews to ensure quality, extensibility, performance, and security.
• Mentoring and supporting fellow developers to foster a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Building tools and integrating systems to enhance product effectiveness across the business.
• Ensuring effective communication within the team and across the organisation to achieve collective goals.
• Acting as a full lifecycle Software Engineer, involved in code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, release, and operations.
• Solving complex problems using data structures and algorithms, focusing on optimising time and space complexity.
• Developing reliable, scalable, and performant backend services and APIs.

Requirements

• Experience: 6+ years as a software engineer with significant backend development experience.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in backend development using Kotlin/Java Spring stack.
• Database Knowledge: Experience with both relational and non-relational databases.
• Containerisation and CI/CD: Skilled in using Containers and setting up CI/CD pipelines.
• Version Control: Strong experience with Git and Github.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning and deployment (Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, etc.).
• Additional Technologies: Experience building services in Kotlin is a plus. Familiarity with Reactor is beneficial. Knowledge of cryptography or EMV is advantageous. Experience with Grafana and some knowledge of Go is good to have.
• Language Skills: Fluent in English, with strong communication skills for effective collaboration within the team and with clients.
• Industry Knowledge: Previous experience in the Payments Industry is a plus.
• Operational Skills: Ability to operate services built by the team, identify opportunities for improvement, and maintain agreed levels of service.
• Analytical Skills: Practical analytical skills to analyse complex problems and develop effective solutions within the software development domain.