Java Developer Senior/Lead | Fintech

Lisbon, Portugal
Senior (4-6 Years)
Hybrid
English Required Portuguese Required Not Accepting Candidates Living Abroad

Dear all,
 
We are looking for a Java Developer Senior/Lead for an opportunity to join and be part of the creation of a center of excellence for a leading multinational fintech company.
We want to remind you that it is crucial to validate the following points before sharing any candidate:
  • Work model: 4 days per week in the office in Lisbon in the first 3 to 6-months. After the 3 to 6-months passes to 3 days per week in the office and 2 days at home
  • Work schedule: At Accenture, we work under two different schedules. This work schedule provides 12 additional Compensation Days in addition to the normal holiday days. These are fixed days during national holiday periods (5 days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, 5 days during Easter, and 2 days during Carnival)
    • During Winter (From October to May – 8 months) we work 43 hours/week:
      • From Monday to Thursday: 09h - 19h (9 hours/day)
      • Friday: 09h - 17h (7 Hours/day)
    • During Summer (From June to September – 4 months) we work 39 hours/week:
      • From Monday to Thursday: 09h - 18h (8 hours/day)
      • Friday: 09h - 17h (7 Hours/day)
We want to reinforce the horizontal model organization of the project with a no-management concept and that candidates must have strong technical skills, a team-oriented attitude, and a youthful spirit. For Senior profiles, candidates must be able to coach and support junior team members, and for Lead profiles, candidates should have experience in the onboarding of junior team members, and they should be seen as a role model for the rest of the team.
 
Required qualifications to be successful for both roles (Senior/Lead profiles):
  • The candidate must have at least one higher education degree
  • Experience with Java Backend development with strong theoretical knowledge (Java >= 8) (5+ years for Senior profiles, 8+ years for Lead profiles)
  • Experience with Spring/Spring Boot
  • Experience in RDBMS (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL)
  • Experience in JPA and Hibernate
  • Knowledge in Application architecture (MicroServices based architecture, hexagonal…)
  • Experience with CI/CD
  • English proficiency should be at least B2 level
 
For the Java Developer Lead profile is a MUST:
  • They must have been living in Portugal for at least 1 and a half years.
  • Role model mindset, experience in onboarding junior team members, and used to do technical support of team members.
 
Ideally, the candidate should also have:
  • Experience with Java Frontend (Angular or any other UI framework)
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud platform
  • Problem-solving skills and logical reasoning
  • Passion for learning and growing as a developer
  • Experience working in an Agile environment and Scrum methodologies
 
NOTE: The candidate will only be considered if the CV is in English and if the excel file is attached with the candidate’s information.
Please also be aware to not make changes to the excel format and to respond to this email by clicking reply all.
 
Best regards,


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