Backend Java Staff Engineer

SSC Egypt

Core Responsibilities

• Prepare low-level designs for team members, in collaboration with Solution/Software Architect
• Guides project teams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration and automated deployment
• Be hands on and engage in coding to help the team to develop his solution and solve all surfacing problems at hand Identifies and removes technical impediments
• Thought partners with the Product owner in story creation and acceptance criteria, and communicate tradeoffs effectively with Designers
• Constantly looking for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo
• Provides the team a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices for higher code quality

Key Skills

6-7 YoE, Seen as expert in developing backend integration and REST API using Spring framework Java/Kotlin, micro-service and native-cloud

Can assist and support in making architecture decisions at a team and product level

Domain Expertise

Seasoned software developer Java, Kotlin, Spring-boot, Spring-cloud, Junit, NoSQL DB, In memory cache, API Gateway, Design-Patterns, Logging, Spring Security, Maven, with deep insight into newest technologies such as Python .

Hands-on experience in production Cloud Docker, DevOps CI/CD environments

Nice to have experience in Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Kubernetes, OpenAPI, Gradle, and Linux shell-scripting.

Knowledge in any other languages such as NodeJS, GoLang, and/or Python a plus Agile/Digital Experience Experience in Agile Development, with specific Solution Architect (or similar) experience preferred

Understands relationship with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Design and Quality

Experience managing technical priorities within the Backlog

Individual Skills

• Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical decisions
• Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow and maximize the team s potential
• Strong leadership skills mainly inspirational and team-forming capabilities

Mindset & Behaviors

• High energy and passionate individual who inspires teammates to reach their maximum potential
• Excited about trying new solutions outside standard approved
• Embraces a culture of trust, free thought complete transparency
• Brave and rebellious, willing to challenge status quo