Backend Developer - Java

For more than a decade, SQA Consulting has built a global client network across multiple vertical markets. Our experience and expertise reside across Business and Technology Transformation, cybersecurity, RPA, and AML Compliance.

The year 2022 has been a pivotal and exciting year for the group. Via acquisitions and mergers, we are continuing to increase our global presence. We are looking to add additional employees to our South Eastern Europe offices

A product engineer is required to support client engagements. Key responsibilities will be supporting senior team members with technical direction and acting as a key member of the project team in demonstrating both technical expertise and Agile practices. There will be significant interaction with technical and functional stakeholders. The support and development of junior product engineering resources are also part of this role.

Responsibilities

• Work with the product engineering lead, engagement leader, and other senior project team members or client resources to provide technical solutions through modeling and proof of concepts.

• Participate in identifying problem areas in the client SDLC. Help to define solutions, including seeking opportunities for SQA Consulting to increase engagement scope

• Able to articulate problems and solutions in non-technical language to stakeholders

• Understand the interactions and dependencies between software components

• Support the set-up of the built environment (CI/CD pipeline) and DevOps / DevSecOps processes

• Design and develop software solutions to client requirements

• Able to write technical user stories using Gherkin syntax

• Provide clear documentation supporting code, solutions, and processes

• Demonstrate exemplary behavior in the use of JIRA / ADO, ensuring tickets are estimated realistically, progressed, and status is clear to other team members and stakeholders

• Support the project lead(s) in project setup, execution, and key ceremonies, including backlog refinement, stand-ups, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives

• Support learning and development activities for junior product engineering resources

Requirements

• 4 to 5 years’ experience in development and 2 years’ experience in specialist technologies.

• Experience working in scrum/sprint teams using agile ways of working, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives

• Working knowledge of work item management systems such as JIRA / ADO.

• Experienced in working with epics, features, user stories, and tasks.

• Experience of working in cross-functional teams

• Able to quickly build professional working relationships with both clients and internal SQA Consulting stakeholders

• Able to identify and escalate dependencies, risks, and blockers to ensure timely intervention and maintain the critical path to delivery

• Experience in mentoring and developing junior resources

• Up to date with the latest developments within areas of technical expertise

• Client-facing experience is an advantage.

Additional Requirements

• Confluence / Teams / other wikis

• Jenkins / Gitlab / Azure DevOps

• SonarQube

• Swagger

• Cucumber / Selenium / Cypress / Postman

• Cloud Tools

• Development IDE (VS, VC, Idea, etc.)

• Git

• DBeaver (or another DB tool)

• Docker

• JIRA / ADO

Benefits

• Internal and external training

• Customized Professional Development Growth Plan

• Flexible working hours

• Hybrid mode of working

• Referral bonuses according to the referral policy

• Company gatherings twice a year