What you will do
1. Work with Product Managers and UX designers to specify new features and improve our products.
2. Develop those new features with the end user in mind, and write unit tests and integration tests for them.
3. Lead the definition of the architecture of our applications on AWS.
4. Have strong ownership of the team’s work and drive sprints to completion.
5. Deploy and monitor our new features in production.
6. Help solve production problems related to our team’s features.
7. Provide mentorship to engineers to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy.
8. Work with agile methodologies.
9. Contribute to the definition of the team’s short and long-term goals.
Experience and qualifications
10. 6+ years of experience as a Java Software Engineer.
11. Developing in Java with clean and maintainable code, having design patterns and the application’s architecture in mind.
12. Experience architecting cloud-native applications on AWS.
13. Good knowledge of engineering processes, structural design, and system optimization.
14. Excellent engineering skills and a good understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.
15. Leadership: you’re able to take initiative and bring a subject to completion with little to no supervision. You have experience supporting and mentoring other team members.
16. Experience with relational RDBMS (such as Postgres) and SQL.
17. Code Quality practices (experience in using testing frameworks), constructive code reviews.
18. Tooling: Knowledge of build tools (Maven or Gradle); Experience with a version control system such as git
Additional comments
This role is based in Bochum. We are unable to consider candidates unwilling to be in Bochum, but we are willing to relocate the right candidate.
We value diversity, equity, and inclusion
At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.
We do not currently support visa candidates in the US.
Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.