Software Engineer

at  Nortal

Overview:
At Nortal we believe in thinking big – creating solutions that have a meaningful, far-reaching impact, whether through digitizing governments, improved healthcare, convenient telecom services or creating a competitive edge and agility for large businesses, industry, and manufacturing companies. Our projects have touched more than half a billion people’s lives worldwide, and we’re just getting started. Combining that with the unique experience of transforming Estonia into a digital leader, our vision is to build a Seamless Society.
To reach our ambitious goals, we are looking for a Software Engineer - Backend Engineering (3 month Internship), Omani Nationals

Responsibilities:

• Like a challenge of collaboration with globally distributed teams
• Would like to acquire experience working on agile software development projects
• Are motivated to translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Know importance of improving performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Can identify the causes and solve reported bugs with minimal assistance
• Writing technical documentation

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of programming language (e.g. Java, Python, TypeScript or C#)
• Experience with core frameworks and/or libraries (e.g. Spring, .Net, Angular, React)
• Understands basic relational database development, SQL, and schema design (e.q. PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MySQL)
• Comfortable using version control systems, preferably Git
• Understands basic data structures (List, Map, Set) and algorithms (Sorting, Searching, Walking graphs)
• Proficient unit-testing including mock testing
• Have good communication skills (spoken and written) with fluent English as essential

Priority will be given to Omani nationals, particularly those with experience in Liferay
Successful candidates can undergo training through the Liferay Online Academy. However, to effectively learn Liferay, a strong foundation in the following technologies and languages is essential:
For backend development: Java/Advanced Java, OSGI Microservices, Headless API, REST.
We would like to say that Nortal is a right-sized company – big enough to undertake and impact influential projects yet small enough to care. At Nortal, your voice is heard, and everyone’s input matters. You solve critical problems for interesting customers from different domains. You work with experienced colleagues in a warm environment. You can execute your ideas in a reasonable time frame. And what you do and learn here is universally relevant and valuable. Last, but not least, Nortal is an agile company with a low hierarchy – meaning heavy on common sense, light on rules, and substance is more important than titles

• Like a challenge of collaboration with globally distributed teams
• Would like to acquire experience working on agile software development projects
• Are motivated to translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Know importance of improving performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Can identify the causes and solve reported bugs with minimal assistance
• Writing technical documentatio