On behalf of our client, an international digital solutions company with international market leading clients in the public and private sector, we are currently looking for a Principal Java Developer to join its software development team in Belfast, Ireland.

Role Summary

The ideal candidate will be a principal Java engineer with enthusiasm for big data technologies. The candidate will join a team delivering exciting software solutions using Java, Hadoop, Spark, Machine Learning and more.

Key Accountabilities

• Design and develop Java solutions to meet customer requirements and produce high quality, scalable code
• Work collaboratively within a team to instil high coding standards especially for code quality, code reviews, unit testing, continuous integration and deployment
• Supervise team members in technical design and drive projects through to completion ensuring that end solution meets development and deployment best practices
• Work with our customers and teams to prioritize work, to include prioritisation of new development, maintenance and continuous improvement of the solution
• Drive Innovation with teams and the wider organisation and investigate potential adoptions of new technologies

 Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• 10+ years Java experience
• Experience in planning complex large scale solutions across multiple technology groups, teams/user groups
• Knowledge of Apache Spark, Hadoop, HBase, Hive, Linux
• Well accustomed with all phases of software development; from requirements gathering and design through to build, deployment and support
• Experience in taking the role of a technical leader, helping train, mentor and motivate team members by setting examples of development excellence.
• The ability to operate well under a variety of different situations and types of projects, ranging from agile, a team of one, to a team of many
• Experience using build tools, e.g. Maven, Gradle, Ant
• Experience with common open-source frameworks and libraries, e.g. Spring, JUnit
• Experience working with multi-threaded applications

Benefits

• An opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a focus on our values high performance culture, and workplace you can be proud to be a part of
• A competitive basic salary and package of benefits and perks, with opportunities for professional development, training and travel
• Be part of a team which values creativity, ambition and ownership
• Be part of our success and be part of something special