Lead Java Engineer

Qodea (formally Appsbroker CTS) is the largest Google Cloud-only digital consultancy in Europe. Our name marks the culmination of a journey which began with the merger of Appsbroker and CTS in 2023. Combining the words ‘code’ and ‘idea’, our name embodies the essence of who we are and what we do; providing tried and trusted digital solutions, whilst helping our clients look to the future and innovate. We’re looking for bright, passionate people to join us at the vanguard, delivering the most ambitious Google Cloud projects across AI, security, martech, data, and Workspace.

As a purpose-driven, certified B Corp, we strive to be great to work with and great to work for. We’re lucky to have some fantastic household names as customers, and fantastic colleagues delivering the ideas, technologies, and impacts that matter.

With offices across Europe, you’ll be joining a dynamic team of talented but down-to-earth experts, with a presence across the UK, the Netherlands, Romania, and Belgium.

By joining forces, both companies bring over 15 years of Google Cloud experience under one roof, with over 420+ Google certifications, a list of brilliant enterprise customers, incredibly talented people, and multiple industry awards - meaning we can be trusted to deliver.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

• Experience with Java 8 (or higher) at least 8 years

• Spring framework - Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring MVC
• Relational (MySQL) & non-relational databases
• RabbitMQ or similar
• Docker
• Git
• Writing REST APIs
• Knowledge about event driven architecture
• Websockets

Nice to have

• Experience with large projects
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure), including components : Datastore, BigQuery, Storage, Logging
• Spring Amqp
• Project Reactor Webflux
• Grafana, Prometheus
• Kubernetes basics
• React basics
• Big data basics
• Coding in the financial sector

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

• Competitive salary

• Health Care package
• NN Assurance package (life and health)
• 28 days PTO as standard, plus a flexible annual leave policy and your birthday off
• 10 learning days per year
• Length of service awards
• Work from anywhere for up to 90 days per year
• Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
• Flexible working culture
• Meal tickets
• Transportation costs
• Bookster Platform
• Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Qodea, we look after each other in an environment where everyone can work together to achieve great things. We’re proud of our people-first culture that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion creates a dynamic community, unlocks innovation and great ideas, and unites us around a common purpose - and we look for talented people to join us who share these values.