Team Leader (with Java knowledge)

Qodea is Europe’s leading Google Cloud specialist consultancy. We're a team that’s energised by innovation and delivering exceptional results for our clients. We deliver cutting edge solutions across data & analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure or security that drive digital transformation and enable our customers to scale, modernise and thrive.

In joining Qodea, you’ll work alongside specialists in their field and would have access to mentoring, industry-recognised training and certifications, and personalised development plans to support your career growth.

We’re always looking for motivated and energetic people who are eager to learn and grow, so if you want to supercharge your career, join Qodea!

Role Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer Lead for Qodea, you will be at the forefront of cloud technology using your skills for a variety of undertakings. Using your in-depth technical knowledge and experience, coupled with a keen sense of business concerns and priorities, you will become a highly trusted advisor to our customers and drive internal standards.

Working closely with other engineers on your project, you will ensure that the projects and services being proposed are appropriate and aligned to customers’ requirements.

The technical aspects of your role will be a balance of carrying out ‘hands-on’ billable delivery work and thought leadership, such as writing blogs, engaging with the Google technical community, and driving the adoption of new technology through the development of internal tools and customer offerings. You will also keep up to date with emerging technologies, and regularly complete professional certifications.

Whilst you'll be aligned to your area of expertise, as part of a growing organisation you will get opportunities to broaden your technical area of expertise through exposure to the wide array of customers Qodea have.

The project

• It is a large application in the Fin-Tech industry responsible for reporting financial trades to the APA, as part of the Mifid II EU regulation.
• It has an event drive architecture, with containerized micro and regular services.
• It makes use of Big Data in order to report hundreds of thousands of trades to the regulator
• The application is continuously being developed and enhanced as legislation changes.

What you’ll do:

• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, developing a deep understanding of their technical challenges and leveraging GCP technologies, patterns and practices to address them effectively.
• Provide expert technical guidance and mentorship to java engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
• Advise customers on modern software development and architecture techniques
• Act as a release manager, by coordinating with the development team, the customer and third parties in order to meet legislation and technical requirements.
• Create and implement ramp-up plans for new recruits and help them assimilate team culture, project technology and business information.
• Create roadmaps for technology improvements, working with the team to estimate them and negotiating their priority with the customer.
• Be a spokesperson for the engineering team and collaborate with internal and external teams in order to meet customer needs and deliver quality products that you believe in.
• Develop new features and improve existing code side by side with the team
• Gain a deep understanding of the product in order to have meaningful conversations with key customer stakeholders, negotiate deliverable timelines, explain technical challenges in a non-technical way
• Managing knowledge base and support documentation.
• Facilitating team ceremonies.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with Java (8 or higher)
• Proficiency in the Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring MVC)
• Solid understanding of relational databases (MySQL) and non-relational databases
• Experience with message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ)
• Practical experience with Docker and Git
• Familiarity with REST APIs
• Understanding of event-driven architecture
• Familiarity with WebSockets

You’re the right fit if you

• Are technically creative and have a problem solving mindset
• Are open to technical debates
• Offer and receive kindly productive feedback
• Understand memes

Benefits

• Health Care package
• NN Assurance package (life and health)
• 10 learning days per year
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals
• 28 days PTO + 15 days Bank Holidays and your birthday off
• Length of service awards
• Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
• Meal tickets
• Transportation costs
• Bookster Platform
• Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:

At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at careers@qodea.com or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.