Java Software Engineer

Java Software Engineer

LnW Digital are searching for experienced, smart and creative individuals to work in a primarily technical role and build and maintain application for our next generation casino platform. Individuals are most likely to be an engineer with at least 2 years of professional experience in the domain of java application design and development. They will be expected to take on a senior role within the team, displaying the ability to lead technical discussions and deliver technical advice in a confident manner.

The ideal candidate will be expected to contribute a key supporting role in areas such as requirements capture, analysis and test whilst fulfilling their core responsibilities in the development of software systems. They are expected to be able to apply considerable professional experience of software development concepts and processes to ensure best practice within the team. The candidate should have a track record of making crucial contributions to the development of software for a variety of purposes including live production systems and automation of engineering processes such as test and release.

Key tasks include:

• Design & develop functionality based on existing coding standards or patterns
• Write unit and integration tests for own code
• Contribute to code reviews on code written by team
• Design / alter complex database schema and queries
• Maintain documentation for products you work on
• Providing technical coaching for less experienced engineers
• Work with architects and technical lead to define requirements and agree designs
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in the software
• Primary contact on day-to-day technical issues
• Provide input to the project / product cost estimation process e.g: estimations of engineering effort

Reporting lines:

Reports to: Development Manager

Qualifications:

Knowledge/skills required:

• Excellent knowledge of the Java programming language (8/11) and Spring Boot
• Disciplined approach to testing
• Experience and knowledge of software design patterns
• Experience with Java Spring Framework and spring boot.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Experience with database design
• Exposure with Continuous Deployment and Integration tools (Jenkins, Docker, etc)
• Experience reviewing others work for performance, security, efficiency, and portability
• Comfortable leading technical discussions with customers
• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills

Must have:

• Java 8 or Java 11 - Good knowledge of OOPS principles, data structures, exception handling, Java APIs, collections framework, generics.
• Unit Testing - Junit /Mockito
• Spring Framework - Spring Core, Spring Boot, and Spring MVC
• Database - PostgreSQL/MySQL
• BuildTools - Maven
• Git hub

Good to have (basic knowledge on):

• Docker
• Concurrency/multithreading.
• AWS CloudPlatform
• CI/CD - Jenkins
• Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Security Protocols - OAuth2.0, JWT