Java Developer

An exciting opportunity for a JAVA DEVELOPER is available in Brussels, major center for international politics and home of numerous international organizations, politicians, diplomats and civil servants.

The successful candidate will contribute to the evolution of the components and the required integration with other systems. He/she is a real "coder"!

Furthermore he/she will participate to the technical analysis, documentation, implementation, integration, test and early life support of core software tools and assets produced in the context of a Program.

Nature of tasks:

- Analysis & Design
- Development & Implementation
- Unit and Integration testing
- Deployment
- Assistance to functional testing
- Creation and update of technical and functional documentation
- Early-Life production support and maintenance
- Development and deployment of patches, workaround and evolutions
- Monitoring
- Handover of activity to other teams
- Preparation of handover material (documents and presentations)
- Training & coaching
- Preparation and conduction of handover workshops
- Open Source
- Implement an open source strategy and design

We are looking for candidates with the following profile:

- A Master degree in Computer Science
- Minimum of 8+ years of proven knowledge of web and J2EE related technologies (Spring, Spring MVC, Hibernate, )
- Proven experience developing with JavaScript
- Proven knowledge of jQuery framework.
- Technical experience in the domain of XML
- Proven knowledge on XML schemas
- Proven knowledge of Web services technologies
- Proven experience in RESTful and/or SOAP
- Proven experience in Service Oriented Architecture and related technologies
- Proven experience in continuous integration and team software development related tools
- Good command in English and (if possible but not mandatory) in French.
- Proven experience developing with GWT is an asset but not mandatory
- Capability to work in autonomy and to schedule different activities
- Capability to work in a team
- Capability to draft documentation and technical specifications in particular
- Good communication skills
- Results oriented

The following is considered an advantage:

- Proven knowledge of UML modelling
- Proven experience with Relational Databases design

The work will be done in Brussels with ad-hoc missions in Luxembourg.

The candidate should be able to start the position AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This position is offered as a LONG TERM freelance contract.

We kindly ask interested candidates to send us their CV quoting reference BBBH588.