Remote Java Tech Lead
@ ClearScale

ClearScale is looking for an experienced Leading Java Developer/Technical Lead to participate in a large product development project - a multi-tenant fintech SaaS platform. 

We are hiring for the 2-year-long project related to development partnership with US-based fintech company. You will become part of a large distributed engineering team that is responsible for feature implementation, support, preparing infrastructure, re-hosting the apps, re-design, load testing, live migration of high-load applications, workload optimization, and operational support.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and maintain new and existing modules of multi-tenant AWS SaaS platform
• Examine code performance and advise necessary infrastructure and design changes
• Leading a team of Java/Node.js engineers
• Collaborate with client on technical requirements, architecture design and implementation planning
• Be a part of an Agile Scrum team

Qualifications

ClearScale expects successful candidate to have most of the following qualifications and skills (not necessary all have to be presented):

• Strong technical experience (6+ years) in software development, focusing on the use of Java (would be a plus to have experience in a full-stack development, Node.JS)
• Knowledge and deep experience architecting and building complex systems with high performance, scalability and reliability requirements
• Technical architecture and leadership skills with ability to drive complete feature life cycle
• Experience owning and operating multiple instances of mission-critical services
• Experience in architecture refactoring and identification of technical improvements within existing applications
• Seasoned knowledge within Spring, Node.js frameworks (e.g. Express)
• Experience with ORM technologies such as JDBC Template or Hibernate, caching solutions such as Redis
• Experience creating automated unit tests in Java/Kotlin
• Deep architectural understanding of web applications
• Strong knowledge of data integration, integration patterns, strong REST API and microservices understanding
• Strong self-management and self-organizational skills
• Knowledge of Web technologies, such as AJAX, HTTP, HTML/XML, REST, JavaScript, CSS, XSL/XSLT, etc.
• We run on AWS, so you should have the ability to build, test, and deploy code to run on cloud infrastructure (AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, Kinesis, etc).
• Understanding of DevOps and Continuous Delivery Tools such as Jenkins/CodePipeline

        Team leadership:

• Can lead a team of backend developers by driving implementation cycle of product features, technical tasks, estimations, code reviews, requirements review sessions with the client and the team
• Communicate with clients on technical delivery scope, architecture design, feature implementation plans, requirements

You’ll be a great fit if

• You'd like to work remotely with a flexible schedule
• You thrive in a small, dynamic, and agile team that encourages you to learn and grow
• You desire to work with some of the world’s top brands
• You enjoy finding solutions to interesting problems and figuring out how things work
• You welcome having autonomy with complex tasks
• You are passionate about using your experience and expertise to inspire the team

We offer

# 1 Fair wage

• High hourly rate in USD
• Full-time, 40 hours per week contract. It’s your main and permanent place of work, not a freelance job
• Payments every 2 weeks
• Annual Rate Review: received client's appreciation, obtained an AWS certificate, saved the world?The reward is based on facts, not on a personal attitude
• Reference program: many engineers joined the team by the recommendation from their friends and former colleagues and we have a reward for this.

# 2 Independence

• from the office location or office conditions. The only requirement - fast and reliable internet. At the same time, our engineers do not work evenings or weekends: we're focused at your local timezone
• from any annoyance or big team buzz - we are the community of professional engineers, valuing each others' time and effort
• from corruption and bureaucracy - we operate in an honest and competitive environment and we are one of the AWS's top 10 key partners.

# 3 Professional Development

• Work with innovative Silicon Valley companies and traditional American companies at the cutting edge of digital transformation
• We work with the newest technologies in AWS cloud and open-source tools like Jira, Confluence, Lucidchart, Slack etc
• Constant practice in written and spoken English
• The team willing to share its experience
• Paid AWS certifications: we provide training material, paid time off and examination itself
• Horizontal and vertical career growth - We keep growing and people keep growing with us
• A nice bonus if you accept our offer early

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