Tech Lead Java Developer

The ideal candidate is a highly skilled professional with in-depth knowledge of Java development.

‍Experience:

‍4-6 years as a Java developer, with expertise in Java Concurrency, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, Solace, Tibco, ActiveMQ, IBM MQ), and relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL).The candidate’s contributions should enhance the quality and support the long-term success of the project.

• They should be ready to work on legacy projects, contributing to development, testing, and infrastructure support.
• Experienced with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD automation processes (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab).
• Able to maintain strong client relationships and address their issues in the company’s best interest.
• Excellent communication skills for effective team collaboration, documenting work, and sharing knowledge.
• The candidate’s contributions should enhance the quality and support the long-term success of the project.

Hiring goals:

• To eliminate dependency on key developers, ensuring stable team performance even in their absence.
• To increase team productivity and effectiveness, expanding the team’s capacity to take on and execute new projects without compromising existing delivery timelines.
• To relieve key employees by achieving independence within the probation period: independently developing and testing new functionality, maintaining necessary infrastructure, and analyzing the root causes of at least four production incidents by the end of the probation period, providing fixes when necessary.
• To improve time-to-market (T2M) and client value (CV).
• To minimize technical debt through systematic analysis and resolution.

‍Essential Candidate Values:‍

• Results-oriented, focusing on outcomes for clients, the company, and the team.
• Strives to achieve the best possible results within current conditions.
• Open to new information, with a critical approach to personal decisions, behavior, and results.
• Ability to set goals and achieve them with minimal effort.
• Willingness to take responsibility for the final outcome, even when it requires collective efforts.
• Commitment to continuous improvement of processes.
• Boldness in making decisions and accountability for them.
• Respect for colleagues, the company, and clients.
• Attention to detail.
• Focus on team success.
• Understanding of the “silo” concept and awareness of its negative aspects, with a readiness to contribute to development, testing, and infrastructure support.
• Willingness to work on legacy projects.

‍What We DEFINITELY Do Not Want:‍

• Unwillingness to work in alignment with company values.
• Lack of initiative.
• Inflexibility and resistance to adaptation.
• Poor communication skills.
• Negative attitude toward feedback.

Working conditions

• Full remote work
• Vacation/sick leave/holidays follow the American model.
• Each employee has 15 days off per year, which can be used at their discretion.
  • 1 day off can be used at any time, more will have to be approved by the team.
  • Each year worked adds 1 additional day off per year.
• Official holidays: Christmas holidays (Catholic or Orthodox, so 12/24-1/2 or 12/31-1/7), Independence Day (7/4), Thanksgiving (4th Thursday of November). Holidays can be transferred to a different time if need be. You could say that there are 20 days off a year, and only Christmas (24-25) and New Year (31-1) are holidays. .
• Equipment reimbursement: A laptop is provided (to be returned if the person leaves before one year), or a $1000/year budget for personal equipment.
• Training: Internal training is provided and paid for; after training, a certain period of work commitment is required, usually at a rate 1 month per 200 dollars spent.
• Maternity leave: For employees who have worked for more than a year, the company pays for 15 working days of paternity leave and up to 60 working days for maternity leave.
• Severance pay: For those who have worked for 1 year - 1 month's salary, 2 years - 2 months' salary, 3 years and beyond - 3 months' salary. The salary is paid upon contract termination, regardless of the reason for termination.

For those who are useful and needed we are ready to provide аdditional benefits such as financial aid, low-interest loans, relocation assistance, etc. Basically, if you treat us well, we'll treat you well :)