java software engineer int-0423

Intellectica is recruiting an ambitious and experienced Java Software Engineer on behalf of a cutting-edge financial technology company specializing in providing seamless and secure payment solutions for businesses worldwide. Working with a hybrid scheme in the company’s offices in Athens, the candidate’s primary goal is to support the company’s growth by contributing to the creation and maintenance of high-quality software solutions that meet functional and technical requirements.

Key activities and responsibilities of this role include:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyse requirements and define what must be developed (functional specifications, acceptance criteria and success metrics)

• Participate in solution design and architecture, producing clear technical designs and implementation plans

• Implement and maintain high-quality, production-ready code according to agreed standards and coding conventions

• Perform and participate in regular code reviews and peer feedback sessions to ensure code quality, maintainability and knowledge sharing

• Support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production rollouts; collaborate with QA and Ops on issue triage

• Follow Agile/Scrum workflows and raise continuous improvement suggestions

• Keep up with emerging technologies and recommend useful tools, frameworks or process changes

Professional experience & qualifications of a successful candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• At least 2 years of proven experience in middleware application development using the Java programming language, with at least 1 year of experience specifically with Java 8

• Experience with Java 8 microservices using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud (Netflix OSS)

• Familiarity with Spring 5 Framework, OAuth2 Security, JPA persistence, ORM modeling, and Restful API design

• Proficient understanding of Git code versioning tool

• Familiarity with Event-Driven software design patterns is advantageous

• Experience with versioning and source control systems, such as Git

• Fluent in both Greek and English

Core competencies of a successful candidate:

• Advanced communication and teamwork skills

• Ability to work in an agile environment

• Ability to produce clear and concise technical documentation for product requirements, design documents, and product specifications

• Strong analytical and practical thinking skills

• Showing ownership and overtaking accountability

• Genuine interest in Java