Job Description

Analyze business requirements and technical specifications to design and develop the backend architecture of software applications / platforms.



Select and implement appropriate programming languages, frameworks, and databases to meet the application's functional and non-functional requirements.



Ensure the backend components are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with industry best practices and standards.



Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code to implement the backend logic and functionality of the software applications / platforms.



Develop and integrate APIs, microservices, and other backend components to enable seamless communication between the front-end and back-end systems.



Ensure the backend components are secure, reliable, and capable of handling high-volume data and user traffic.



Design and implement efficient database schemas, tables, and queries to support the software application's data storage and retrieval requirements.



Optimize database performance, including indexing, query optimization, and data partitioning techniques.



Collaborate with the quality assurance team to develop and execute comprehensive test plans for the backend components.



Provide technical support and troubleshoot issues related to the backend systems, addressing bugs, performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities.



Stay up to date with the latest trends, best practices, and technologies in back-end development to continuously enhance the organization's backend capabilities.



Explore and experiment with emerging backend technologies and techniques to drive innovation and improve the overall application performance and scalability.



Contribute to the organization's knowledge base and share best practices with the development team to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.



Deployment and maintenance of system services to ensure business continuity.



Assist user departments in drafting system requirement documentation based on business processes - work with Business Analysts to specify requirements.



Implement testing and monitoring tools to ensure the optimum availability of the system.



Review and present proposed system solutions to ensure high performing environment.



Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery standards of the organisation.



Propose and review system design and evaluate alternatives.



Preparation and maintenance of system/technical documentation to ensure continuous compliance (as per relevant Work Instructions, Guidelines, Policies and standards).



Coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.



Effective systematic problem solving and implementing of workarounds to ensure system availability as per relevant SLA.



Work in a full DEVOPS environment with international colleagues / external partners.



Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.

Qualifications/Experience:

Minimum mandatory qualifications:

Computer Science degree or similar relevant formal qualification.

Minimum mandatory experience:

7+ years of building and maintaining mission critical Java systems inside corporate or medium sized business.



5+ years production experience of building/updating and fixing webservices (Restful).



5+ years of experiences to mission critical systems in the Cloud.



3+ years' experience on building/running microservices architecture.

Advantageous experience:

Proven track record of successful projects delivered.



Proven experience in senior / leadership roles fulfilled in IT / Engineering teams.



Agile working experience (any framework).

Essential Skills Requirements:

Extensive Java 8/11 or higher experience.



Building and maintaining mission critical systems inside corporate or medium sized business.



Experience of building and maintaining Restful services.



Developing and maintaining mission critical systems in the Cloud.



Building / running distributed architecture.



Solid proficiency in Jakarta/JEE Standards.



Quarkus or Spring Framework Experience.



Proven Production experience on working with Relational Databases (Oracle Postgres Database).



Angular Experience.

Advantageous Skills Requirements:

Kafka - publishing and consuming large volumes of messages across a distributed system.



Agile toolchain experience (Jira, Confluence - Atlassian Tool Suite).

Extensive usage of version control systems and tools:

Git + Remote Repository (GitHub Enterprise).

Proven CI/CD Pipeline experience:

GitHub Actions - (Provision, Configure, Maintain and Secure, Pipelines).



Operations experience - 2nd Line (advantageous when building IT systems).



Payara / Grafana / Prometheus / Dynatrace.



Proven experience on using Generative AI (ChatGPT/Co-Pilot) to increase individual output.



Proven effective personal time management.



Proven Critical Thinking ability.



Proven ability to question and propose better requirements / design / efficiencies.



German speaking.



Automotive Domain Knowledge.

Cloud architecture:

Azure- AKS Service.



IAC (Terraform or Equivalent).



Containerisation - from build to deploy.



Angular experience, covering the following focus topics.



Angular (v12+) including, NgRx, and advanced component patterns.



Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3/SCSS.



Experience with front-end architecture, modular design, and scalable state management.



Between 5 - 7 Years