Senior Software Engineer (Java, Kotlin)

About the role:

• Build event driven applications and microservice-based APIs that get consumed by other platforms within Maersk.
• Implement the functionality behind each module for whom the API (or event schema) is determined up front working with our collaborators.
• Work on applications that handle a huge amount of data, hence have a lot of focus on scalability and reliability.
• Have secure practices built into the application from the ground up, including automated security checks.
• Ensure hygiene practices like clean code, test coverage, performance checks etc. are continuously maintained and are gated with automated checks.
• Ensure applications emit standard signals needed for effective monitoring and alerting.
• Actively participate in code reviews and encourage using it as a tool for the team members to learn from each other.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous delivery where almost every single change goes to production on a continuous basis, and the path from code commit to going live is as automated as it can be.
• Help create practices within the team that are inclusive of members working across geographies, time zones and cultures.

• Be proficient with the JVM ecosystem and have worked with Java or Kotlin for at least 3 years.
• Be proficient writing well-tested application code using tools like JUnit.
• Be proficient in analysing the algorithmic complexity of a given piece of code and capable of optimising when necessary.
• Be knowledgeable about common design patterns and exhibit good understanding about when to use them.
• Have prior experience working with at least one application framework like Spring Boot.
• Have prior experience working with at least one relational database and at least one NoSQL database.
• Be familiar with observability concepts: logging, metrics, traces, alerts.
• Be familiar with methods and concepts in the field of cloud computing and can put them into practice; have experience in at least one of the following: Azure, Google Cloud, AWS.
• Be effective at written and spoken communication. Also exhibit the same in writing code that can be well understood by other developers.
• Prior experience working with Kafka would be a bonus.
• Prior experience working with containerised 12-factor apps, and tools like Docker and Kubernetes would be a bonus.
• Having knowledge about the logistics and supply chain domain would be a bonus.