Experience

5+ year’s recent development experience. Formal qualification is a plus.
Exposure to the full software life cycle.
Experience developing high performance, scalable, reliable applications.
Proven experience meeting deadlines and delivering quality code.
Development skills

Strong OO design and development skills in core Java.
Exposure to and interest in modern design patterns.
Good understanding of the Java thread model.
Good understanding of the Java networking model.
Extensive experience with the IoC pattern in general and the Springframework in particular, including its current ecosystem.
Solid Java SDLC (develop, debug, test, package, publish, deploy) experience.
Exposure to the agile methodology
Strong focus on Test-Driven Development, including implementation of unit tests (JUnit, Mockito, PowerMockito) and continous integration (Jenkins).
Strong JVM configuration and tuning experience.
Bonus experience

Experience with microservices.
Experience and interest in Vagrant and Docker.
Application server experience (JBoss/Firefly, etc.)
C++, Delphi, PHP or other language experience
System skills

Linux (intermediate). Expert with bash scripting experience preferred.
Version control systems CVS/SVN/GIT (intermediate)
CentOS/Fedora/RHEL (Bonus)
High availability experience (Bonus)
Redmine, Jira, trello or other issue tracking experience
Experience with AWS technology
Personal characteristics

Applicant must be able to interact and work with a dynamic and ambitious team.
Well-spoken with good interpersonal communication skills.
Positive and motivated attitude.
Applicant has a strong ethos of writing high quality applications they are proud of.
Strong problem-solving skills.
Team player with genuine interest in technology.
Can work with little supervision, proactive and takes on responsibility for code and applications developed.
Ability to practice consistent delivery, to a high standard, in a stabled environment.