Senior Java Software Engineer (Kafka, Cloud) – Finance – Belgium Day rate: €500 - €700 Duration: 12 months Hybrid: 8 days per month in Belgium Start: ASAP
A banking client of mine is looking for a Senior Java Engineer with Kafka and Docker skills to join the team on a freelance basis. We are specifically looking for an individual with strong Core Java expertise, as this role primarily involves server-side development. Must be based in Belgium and happy to be on site 8 days per month which is mandatory.
Responsibilities & Duties Working as part of an Agile development team to deliver new event-based and service-oriented architecture solution, working in collaboration with the Solution Architect, Technical Lead, application architects and other collaborators. Lead delivery of a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional requirements. Ensuring that the IT solution aligns with the Enterprise engineering and architecture standards. Ensuring end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by, for instance, coordinating walkthroughs of the solution with delivery teams. Ensuring that the solution meets guidelines and standards for design and development. Undertaking hands-on development and mentor staff in the new technologies used. Mentoring of more junior developers.
Technical Skills: Strong systems development experience at all stages of systems development covering design, development, testing, live implementation and post implementation support Strong hands-on Object-Oriented Design skills Strong core Java programming skills Experience of developing services/micro-services in Java Experience of developing containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes Hands-on Spring Boot skills Experience of developing and deploying on Unix or Linux Hands-on experience of using the Kafka ecosystem Experience of profiling and performance tuning Experience of Behaviour-Driven and Test-Driven development principles and skills
Soft Skills: Have the ability to empower those you mentor, coach & lead! Be a stand-out colleague and role model, willing to participate in peer reviews and to be reviewed by peers Be reliable, driven and able to work without close management and supervision Possess encouraging communication and presentation skills to present proposals both orally and in writing Have the demonstrable ability to complete work within agreed timescales and identify problems and provide the most suitable solution(s)
Desirable Skills: The following are not essential but would be a plus if the candidate can demonstrate any experience of: Messaging Standards, for example JSON. Working in an Agile development team Designing and implementing platform independent, database independent event driven applications Database design skills in technologies such as Oracle Splunk DevOps' principles, processes and tooling Working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments Affinity with PL1 and IBM Mainframe