Position: Lead Java Engineer
Company: Star
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

One of the client's products is a connected vehicle platform intended to communicate with OEMs, fleets, and vehicle owners by providing them with relevant services, content, and analytics information. The goal of the project is to help the client develop the server-side of the platform by implementing core services and integrations with IoT and partner systems. 

You will have a chance to be responsible for the architecture decisions and you will help shape the final product vision - and corresponding technical solutions - in close collaboration with the client. This includes leading the team, multiple workshops, brainstorming and debugging sessions with the embedded team. There are multiple interesting challenges along the way including Microservices engagement, handling integration with IoT clients, delivering firmware updates, as well as managing and maintaining a lot of integrations with external service providers. 

THE PERSON
5+ years of Java development experience;
2+ years of Team Leading experience;
Proven experience in designing architecture as well as building and deploying scalable solutions using AWS cloud platform;
Expert knowledge in designing RESTful API contracts;
Strong knowledge of Java 8+ and Spring (Boot, Cloud, Data, Security);
Hands-on experience with RDBMS (Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis);
Hands-on experience with IoT protocols (LwM2M, MQTT or similar);
Knowledge of design principles, patterns, and best-practices such as Service Registration and Discovery, Load Balancing, Caching, Observability, Resiliency and Redundancy;
An advanced level of English and the ability to communicate with a client directly.

Nice to have:
Knowledge and practical experience with Python;
Understanding of microservices architecture and practical experience building microservices within a cloud platform;
Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka, Amazon SQS);
Passion for various engineering practices and proper process setup;
Experience with Docker and CI/CD;
Experience with ksqlDB.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Work closely with the client and architecture team to design solutions for the cloud platform and its core components;
Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team to ensure that platform services are built according to defined contracts;
Develop server-side components and integrations with IoT and external systems (up to 70 percent of capacity);
Maintain technical excellence backlog and facilitate the process of decreasing the amount of technical debt on the project;
Adapt existing methods and procedures to create alternative solutions to moderately complex problems;
Use your judgment to determine the optimal solution to recommend;
Determine methods and procedures on new assignments with minimal guidance;
Manage medium to small sized teams and/or work efforts.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Star offers a competitive and rewarding salary and benefits package as well as an intellectually and creatively stimulating work environment. You will find professional flexibility, new ways of working and unique international travel opportunities.