[Hiring] Staff Specialist Engineer Java @Mindera

Role Description

As a Staff / Specialist Software Engineer at Mindera, you need to have excellent communication skills to work effectively within a team and make a strong contribution to defining and delivering solutions in an iterative and collaborative way. You will work closely with engineering teams to foster commercial awareness, ensure a clear understanding of how technical decisions impact business outcomes, and inspire innovation.

When you join Mindera, we welcome you into a fun and bureaucracy-free work culture, built on the principles of lean and self-organization.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Being involved in all areas of delivery, with the technical gravitas to mentor and inspire the development team, helping your team improve by sharing your own knowledge, experience, and insights.
• Taking ownership of your code every step of the way - from development to deployment and maintenance.
• Diagnosing issues in production and devising solutions for them.
• Being an integral part of solutions design and implementation.
• Challenging business requirements, to ensure you are continuously delivering the best possible outcome.
• Harnessing innovation and driving adoption of new technologies to deliver business value.
• Contributing to shaping our online technology roadmap, influencing our future technical direction, and balancing passion with precision to deliver exceptional online service and solutions for our customers.
• Conducting technical interviews for positions within your area of expertise.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience with Java programming language, including latest versions (17 & 21).
• Experience in any of the popular web frameworks like Spring (boot, cloud, data flow) or Micronaut.
• Cloud technology experience: Azure Cloud, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Github Actions.
• Knowledge of architectural styles: Microservices, Web services, SOA and API Protocols: GraphQL Federation, REST API.
• Experience in monitoring & observability: OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, other Observability tools.
• Proficiency in using build tools: Gradle.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and test-driven development.
• Experience in working with databases: MongoDB, MySQL.
• Experience working with Application Lifecycle Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, NexusPro (or similar).
• Knowledge and experience of agile frameworks and practices: Scrum/Kanban, user stories, BDD/TDD, DevOps, Continuous Integration & Delivery, Pair Programming etc.
• Proficiency in applying design patterns effectively to develop scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Previous experience in balancing technical priorities with business needs and aligning teams with organisational goals while maintaining technical standards.
• A strong interest in understanding market dynamics and identifying customer needs to drive strategic decision-making and business growth.
• Experience in mentoring engineering teams, fostering collaboration and providing guidance when needed.
• Fluency in English.
• Depending on the project, relevant experience in other areas would be necessary:
• Strong understanding of Product Information Management / Master Data Management platforms (like Stibo STEP), and background in e-commerce/retail would be appreciated.
• For some projects Kotlin experience is nice-to-have.

Benefits

• Counseling and psychotherapy services.
• Free English lessons.
• Annual profit distribution, subject to company performance and board decision (only for CLT contracts).
• Trainings and learning opportunities to grow within your role.
• Flexibility to choose where you work from.
• Parties, gatherings & trips.

Company Description

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you what it's like to be a part of the Mindera community. We're a group of friendly and talented individuals who work together to bring projects to life, in a fun, politics-free environment. Our culture is all about being adaptable and self-organized. We want Minders to take risks, make decisions, work together and feel free to be their most authentic selves, every single day.

We work closely with our clients to truly understand their products and develop high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems that make a real impact for their users and businesses, worldwide. We are proud of our work, we're always learning and growing in our Agile and collaborative environment, and we hope you'll love it here just as much as we do!

Check out our Handbook & get to know us better: Mindera Handbook

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