Senior Java Developer – Contract Position – HIRING ASAP

Location: Zurich Switzerland (3 days onsite per week, 2 days remote)
Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Applications Engineer who will develop business features as Spring Boot micro-services within a cloud-native environment on Microsoft Azure as part of a finance transformation initiative.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop data integration and business services using a microservices architecture.
• Ensure applications meet performance standards and are thoroughly tested against functional and non-functional requirements.
• Maintain compliance with CI/CD practices, automated testing frameworks, and build pipelines.
• Create and maintain unit tests to support automated testing and continuous integration.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices.
• Diagnose and resolve bugs and incidents.
• Demonstrate expert-level proficiency in the Java application development stack, frameworks, and associated tools.
• Understand the application architecture and incorporate them into technical decisions and recommendations.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Java developer with strong expertise in modern application development.
• In-depth knowledge of modern architecture patterns and microservices, ideally using Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience building backend applications with extensive database interaction; strong proficiency in SQL and programming in PostgreSQL or Oracle (PL/SQL).
• Solid understanding of relational database design and optimization.
• Demonstrated ability in Test-Driven Development (TDD), including writing comprehensive unit tests and end-to-end integration tests.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum team environment, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Bonus Skills

• Familiarity with cloud-native development and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Experience with messaging and stream processing architectures built on Kafka.
• Experience with user interface development using Angular.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines for integration and deployment, including automated build, test, and deployment processes.

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