We’re supporting a major public sector digital transformation programme in Germany and are looking for an experienced Senior Java Developer to join an agile development team delivering business-critical applications.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a modern microservices environment using the latest Java ecosystem, contributing to the development, enhancement and ongoing support of large-scale enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement functional and technical requirements using modern Java technologies
• Build and enhance microservices, APIs and backend services within an Agile Scrum team
• Participate in pair programming, code reviews and knowledge sharing
• Support requirements analysis and provide development effort estimates
• Collaborate with infrastructure, middleware and integration teams to support changes, maintenance and production releases
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve production issues and application defects
• Produce clear technical documentation covering development activities, configurations and processes

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Java 17+
• Extensive experience with Spring Boot 3.x and Hibernate 6.x
• Strong understanding of microservice architectures
• Experience with JUnit 5 and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Knowledge of event-driven and message-driven architectures
• API development and design using OpenAPI
• SQL experience with Oracle (MariaDB experience beneficial)
• Experience working with Kubernetes or OpenShift
• Familiarity with Git, Jira and Jenkins
• Experience implementing Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines
• Strong experience working within Agile Scrum environments

Desirable

• Front-end development experience using JavaScript and Angular

Language Requirements

• Fluent German (C1 level or Native Speaker) is essential.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Alex Hevey