Lead Java Developer

LEAD JAVA DEVELOPER

A Lead Java Developer is urgently required for a long-term, lucrative contract position with a market leading client based in Helmond, Netherlands.

The Lead Java Developer will be responsible for activities including the following:

- Actively contribute and steer all aspects of agile software development: planning, tracking, architecture, development, configuration management, testing, integration, validation, and documentation
- Able to estimate total required team effort, and be closely involved in policy preparation and the program of the group
- Lead improvement initiatives with regard to technological improvements, and perform future-oriented studies with other specialists

The Lead Java Developer will have skills and experience including the following:

- Bachelor/Masters' degree in SW Engineering, Informatics, or equivalent
- Strong relevant work experience in (networked) product development
- Agile/Scrum experience
- Good experience with cloud architecture and all aspects of it: microservices, APIs, MQ, NoSQL, distributed services, performance, REST, JSON,
- Strong coding skills in Java with TDD/BDD
- Experience in JavaScript, Angular JS and Cloud Foundry is an advantage
- Experience of coaching/training others
- An interest and preferably working experience with frameworks like AWS, OAuth, Spring Framework and Drools
- Experience with DevOps (live deployments/migrations)
- Continuous Integration and delivery pipelines
- Fluent English, Dutch speakers preferred

This is an urgent requirement and interviews are scheduled for next week.