Java Associate Software Engineer

Company Description

BlueOptima’s vision is to become the global reference for the optimisation of the performance of Software Engineers across all industries. We provide industry-leading objective metrics in software development. We enable large organisations to deliver better software, faster and at lower cost, with technology that pushes the limits of what has been done before.

We are a global company which has consistently doubled in headcount and revenue YoY, with no external investment. We currently are located in 4 countries: London (our HQ), Mexico, India and the US.A total number of 115+ employees (and increasing every day) from +34 different nationalities and with over 25 languages spoken.

We promote an open minded environment and encourage our employees to create their own success story in this high performance environment.

Job Description

This Java Backend Engineer role is a high-impact role at the heart of our engineering team. You will be working as an individual contributor in a highly skilled team. If you’re looking for true features ownership and exciting implementation projects, join us!

Master your technical skills through team collaboration. You’ll be working directly with Stakeholders/PM from the initial requirements to creating real change for our users - own the whole process through the design, review process, test units, implementation and monitoring.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Develop, test, implement and maintain application software.
• Take part in software and architectural development activities.
• Debug application issues and help support respond to client queries.
• Provide accurate estimates, clearly communicate status of tasks and identification of risks.
• Commit to accomplishing the task in the fastest and most reliable way
• Performance tuning of application code at different service levels
• Interact with customers and help address issues reported

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience with Java - Understanding of Java concurrency, concurrency patterns
• Experience with Spring and Hibernate/ ORM
• Experience building RESTful web services
• Understanding of SQL concepts
• Desired but not required technical skills: Jira/Git, testNg/JUnit, web application servers, database partitioning and column Indexing, design patterns.

Your career progression: In BlueOptima, we strive to strengthen your skills, widen your scope of work and develop your career fast. For this role, you can expect to build a strong foundation in core Java and Spring Boot, learning to write clean, efficient, and well-documented code and gain hands-on experience with our microservices architecture, working on feature development and bug fixes under the guidance of a dedicated mentor.

Progress from contributing to specific tasks to owning entire features or smaller services, taking on more responsibility as you grow your expertise.

Additional Information

• 33 days of holidays (this includes public and religious holidays)
• Contributions to your Provident Fund which can be matched by the company above the statutory minimum as agreed
• Gratuity payments
• Private Medical Insurance provided by the company (Employee + Spouse + 2 Children + 2 Parents)
• Personal Accident Insurance (Employee Only)
• 12 Weeks Paid Paternity Leave, 6 months Maternity leave
• Support with childcare costs (50%)
• Work from Home Equipment allowance
• Flexible Work from Home policy - 2 days home p/w
• Flexible Work from Long Distance - 4 weeks a year
• Sponsored Learning Opportunities
• Team Socials