Senior Backend Engineer- JAVA (UK)

Ikue Limited; Bristol, Bristol; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Let's build the future together!

Ikue is a tech start-up with a clear purpose and vision - to provide
telecommunications operators with a superior product to deliver superior
customer experiences.

We know that Customer data is at the heart of hyper personalisation and are
looking for the brightest, most inspiring engineers to deliver our product which
enables data to drive every decision, every communication, and every
customer interaction.

We are building a diverse team, all unified by a desire to unleash the data needed
by marketeers. Creativity is at the core of Ikue and is something we are looking to
further strengthen in 2024! There are no typical profiles, each and every team
member shares our vision and wants to be part of its success.

As a Senior Back-end Engineer at Ikue:

As an experienced Back-end Engineer, you will focus on the development of all server-side logic, maintenance, and definition of the central database, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.

If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications, we would like to meet you. You will use your understanding of programming languages and tools to analyse industry developments, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use

You will be rewarded with:

• Becoming part of an international environment that embraces diversity and professionalism
• A dynamic and motivated team, with a good sense of humour
• Freedom to take responsibility, grow within the team
• Working in a fast-paced company
• Remote work model

Requirements:

• 6+ years of professional experience in software development with Java
• Experience in creating applications in the architecture of microservices (API gateway, Kafka)
• Minimum 4 years of experience in developing/deploying solutions to AWS Cloud (S3, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk and other AWS modules)
• Experience handling existing frameworks (Spring Boot, Apache Commons etc.)
• Good knowledge of web service standards (REST, JSON etc.)
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Excellent analytical and time management skills
• Experience with containerised app development
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude