Backend Engineer (Java)

Job description:    We are looking for experienced and talented Java Backend Engineers to join our global engineering teams and developing and operating our flagship product (Digital Bank platform).  Key Responsibilities  Design, develop, implement and maintain Java application  Write high quality, maintainable code using TDD and DDD  Translating user stories into working solution  Design and implement RESTful APIs  Design and implement microservice architecture within the give domain  Work with the distributed team in multiple time zones  Actively participate in Scrum technologies    Requirements:  Technical Qualifications:  Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in programming. Java/Kotlin (Kotlin strongly preferred), SpringBoot, JPA, Kafka, Rest APIs. Hands on experience with various Java Web technologies and frameworks Spring (Security, MVC, SpringBoot) JPA, REST API, Maven, Junit test, Mockito, Kafka. Good practical knowledge of design of RDBMS and SQL Understanding of Agile methodologies    Specific Qualifications  Excellent communication and writing skills in English. Be able to work in a team Understanding of financial instruments Be able to adapt, willingness to learn    Essential Skillset  Automated unit and integration testing. (jUnit, mockito etc.) Gradle Data structures - dictionary, list, set Control-flow statements - switch, for, do-while. Microservice architecture Basic database fundamental. Joins, indexes, foreign keys, primary keys Relational DB, NoSQL, graph DB. ACID properties Basic system design. Protocols & standards (OpenAPI, avro, protobuf) Understanding of SOLID principles. Event driven architecture Basic dev-ops / infra fundamentals Messaging queues, Docker/Compose. Kubernetes ( basic knowledge on pods, configmap, deployments) Git (GitHub), CI/CD, Sonar. Basic security fundamentals    Nice to have  Contract testing (PACT/Spring Cloud contract) Cloud (AWS) Log management tools. (Splunk, SumoLogic, ELK) Actively participate in Scrum technologies Recursions, depth/breadth-first search Design architecture (DNS, load balancers) SSL/MTLS, private key, a/symmetric keys, hashing, signatures, oauth GQL, Airflow, Typescript and Python    Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not received a response from GFT regarding your application within 10 workdays, please consider that we have decided to proceed with other candidates. We truly appreciate your interest in GFT and thank you for your understanding.