Senior Software Engineer

at  Unicard

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Works collaboratively with others
• Values and adapts to different cultures
• Sets and prioritises challenging targets
• Rigorous, manages own time and resources
• Displays sound judgement, makes effective, timely decisions
• Seeks opportunities to learn and develop
• Dependable, takes personal responsibility
• Open, trustworthy and trusting
• Positive and brave
• Calm under pressure
• Can do attitude
• Willing to learn new technologies

TECHNICAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Experience with Java, J2EE, Spring, JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Relational Databases
• Knowledge of Struts/JSF, MVC framework concepts in general
• Experience with SOAP and REST based web services, JSON/XML
• Other technologies we use and experience is valuable: Angular/AngularJS, Wildfly, CDI, Eclipse, Maven, Docker, Kafka
• AWS services: SNS, SQS, ECS
• Ability to communicate and apply common architectural design patterns across a wide range of technical problems
• Good level of English

ROLE PURPOSE

The Senior Software Engineer is working in a team of IT professionals (developers, testers, project managers and engineers) in an Agile environment. The individuals main responsible will be delivering code on a daily basis and working with their team and project managers to set realistic deadlines and expectations.
You will join our back-office applications team to build highly scalable and performant solutions for our customers and partners.
Your main responsibilities will be delivering new features and maintenance of the Unicard products in a team of Architects, Developers, Test Engineers and Project Managers.

ESSENCE OF ROLE - KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop, enhance, debug, and support, software applications that support business units or supporting functions.
• Participate in the design, development, and implementation of complex applications, using a mix of technologies.
• Recommend system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of development alternatives.
• Analyse existing application behaviour and apply optimizations or suggest improved processing algorithms
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks
• Update job knowledge by researching new internet/intranet technologies and software products.
• Participate in educational opportunities
• Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
• Make informed decisions quickly and take ownership of services and applications at scale.