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