Java Software Engineer

at  Instructure

Parchment, an Instructure Company, helps lifelong learners around the world make the most of their academic achievements, turning them into opportunities. We have an important mission and as such, we actively seek employees who are passionate about education, and technology, and doing their very best every day!
With offices in Melbourne, Dublin, and Vancouver, and with a growing Northern American, Indian and Chinese market, Parchment’s Digitary Product helps helps almost 200 Higher Education providers around the world to securely certify their academic qualifications online. Our technology secures the achievements of millions of students and graduates and our platform has been used by employers and recruiters in over 100 countries.
At Parchment, we pride ourselves on a positive company culture and working environment. By working at Parchment you will get an opportunity to work with our highly talented international team and be part of our exciting growth story as we continue to transform the way people’s qualifications are certified and used around the world.
An excellent opportunity has opened up at Parchment’s Ireland office for a passionate Java Developer to join a leading Higher Education solutions provider, and work on the latest cutting-edge distributed technologies while developing in your career.
Location: This position is fully remote with an Ireland location requirement.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW/HAVE:

• B.S. in Computer Science or related field
• Solid Java experience of at least 4 years.
• Experience in designing and developing scalable web applications
• Proficient working in a fast-paced Agile environment
• Expert in writing clean, robust, full stack, code aligned to industry standard design patterns
• Strong experience with RESTful API’s and web application frameworks
• Ebean ORM, Hibernate, JPA, SQL and strong experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL Databases
• Comprehensive understanding of XML, JSON data structures
• Implementing test-first design
• Experience with continuous integration and build tools such as maven and sbt
• Experience of the following technologies: Atlassian Suite (Confluence / JIRA / Bamboo / Bitbucket), HTML, CSS. AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, ELK

• This role is both technical and customer-facing.
• Play a role in the development process, working with PM, BA and Test team to deliver features according to an agreed plan and in line with an agile process.
• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation
• Conduct code walk-through/review pre-deployment to QA
• Liaise with the support team in troubleshooting production issues