Position: Lead Java Developer - US Relocation Visa
Company: Forte Group
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Forte Group is now looking for a Lead Java Developer who is interested in new opportunities in the US for H1B Visa Sponsorship for 2023.

Forte Group company sponsors H1B visas for well-qualified Java Developers to join us in Illinois and deliver consulting services on our behalf.

Our clients: Leading American companies in media, the internet of things, banking, agriculture, products, currencies, energy, interest rates, metals, stock indexes, and cryptocurrency futures.
The projects use many commonly used tools to build software: Java 11, Docker, Kafka, Dagger, Gradle, JUnit, Serenity BDD, and Jenkins.
But also use some less frequently utilized technologies and techniques, like JMH, Simple Binary Encoding, UDP multicast, and garbage-free java programming.
But don’t worry if you haven’t heard of all of those before; we are prepared to train qualified candidates on all the tools and techniques required to be successful.

Principal Accountabilities
● Identifies potential opportunities for performance optimization.
● Provides input for code reviews and helps with deployments. Reviews code to proactively identify and mitigate potential issues and defects, help identify sources of defects, and troubleshoot various forms of code.
● Contribute to the architecture and overall design of the system.
● Work on setting up proper networking, for example, multicast and bounded interfaces.
● Conducts system-wide testing and some integration testing. (Junit and cucumber)
● Helps with debugging/designing the automated test frameworks
● Demonstrates skill in language proficiency
● Writes application modules and unit tests with minimal guidance.
● Designs with guidance and codes independently.
● Frequently shares and communicates design ideas on larger systems.
● Uses patterns frequently, contributing to best practice and process enhancements

Skill set Requirement
● 5+ years of experience in enterprise platform development with Java
- Primitive types and the String object
- Java’s memory model
- Java’s Collections Framework
- Functions, objects, fields, etc.
● Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant industry experience
● Full-stack experience with Java, JavaScript, and React, Spring, Boot is a bonus
● Experience with AWS; Azure is a bonus
● Problem-solving:
- Ability to translate business problems into working code
- Ability to use tests to your advantage while implementing software
- Ability to ask questions of peers when there are gaps in understanding
Tools: Git, bash/ksh(basics)
● Equivalent tool experience required: Jira, Confluence, Gradle, IntelliJ
● Preferred tool experience: Docker, Jenkins, Ansible
● Preferred low latency programming experience

Why choose us?
● Every day you’ll work on exciting and challenging (international) projects covering industries from commercial to fintech (different technologies, different products).
● You will get a lot of chances for career advancement and the development of new skills, mentorship opportunities, or learning from more experienced colleagues.
● You will have a real chance for your knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Benefits from forte group:
● Variety of the insurance packages
● 401k plan
● Personal approach to each employee, we are focused on a long-term partnership without employees
● GC for you
● Flexible spending accounts
● Transit benefit account
● IT training and career opportunities
● Discount programs