Senior Java Dev - Backend Engineer (70 % coding/30 % architecture) - Brussels

Senior Java Dev - Backend Engineer (70 % coding/30 % architecture)
HYBRID/2 days minimum at the office in Brussels
550 - 600 EUR Rate
English, Dutch or French Required
ASAP Start

*Urgent Long term Contract - Role hiring now!*

This is a *Belgium Hybrid* based role with an excellent immediate start within a Global Consulting company working on *Defining and evolving service interfaces and integrating external components*

What you'll do

• Build the Back End for various user-facing features
• Define and evolve service interfaces and integrate external components
• Model and remodel data: design an effective data model for our application, and then evolve that data model as requirements shift over time
• Profile and optimise application & database performance (caching, query tuning, etc.)
• Scale the app/database via architectural changes
• Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting so that we can better respond to operational incidents
• Work closely with product engineers, design and functional analyst to implement fast new feature ideas/concepts

Core Tech Stack:

Mandatory:

• JAVA 17+, Spring Boot or Quarkus
• Experience with SQL database and DB to SQL migrations
• Kibana
• Apache Kafka
• Maven, JUnit/Mockito, integration & E2E testing
• Docker, OpenShift, GitLab CI/CD

Nice to have:

• Experience with Neo4J or other graph DB

Code Architecture & Design Patterns:

• Design Patterns: Familiarity with patterns to create robust and scalable code structures.
• Refactoring Techniques: Ability to improve existing code by simplifying and optimizing it without changing functionality.
• API design: RESTful principles

Performance & Security:

• Optimization techniques: Able to optimize code for load handling, memory, and response time.
• Security Best Practices: familiar with vulnerabilities like SQL injection and XSS, and experienced with Snyk for security checks.

Languages:

• English
• French Or Dutch

Education:

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or related field is needed

Please send your CV or call Yasin/Navaid to discuss further.
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