Cellulant

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Cellulant

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Lusaka • Zambia

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerJavaKubernetesMicroservicesSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

  • Delivering complete features and maintaining existing ones
  • Design and implement scalable distributed systems using Kubernetes, Docker, and other tools in the Cloud Native landscape
  • Build configuration and deployment assets required to deploy and run the distributed applications
  • Work with the frontend and API engineers to define RESTFul API Specifications
  • Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable microservices and components
  • Participating in Sprint planning and tracking work items
  • Work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results
  • Ensure that all written code and architecture is high quality, scalable, and performant
  • Take initiative in refactoring and keep things simple
  • Take full ownership of a feature set, from the first discussion to going live
  • Using test-driven development to write well-tested code
  • Fixing bugs fast and taking your time to solve hard problems well
  • Prototyping new ideas to help with initial feature definition, participating in architecture and code reviews
  • Ability to communicate with team members and stakeholders - especially in writing

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years of industry experience building and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems
  • 7y+ Experience with Java on large-scale projects
  • Strong knowledge of building cloud-native applications using Java and Springboot
  • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals
  • Highly skilled in unit and automated testing in Springboot
  • Experience building multi-tenant distributed SAAS applications
  • Experience with CI/CD
  • Experience with performance analysis and optimization in Java is a strong plus
  • Proven software architecture experience
  • Ability to understand and break down large features into complete solutions
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with all levels of engineers and other disciplines
  • Proficient, autonomous, and rigorous behavior.
Benefits
  • Generous personal time off
  • Medical and life insurance benefits (markets permitting)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaSpringbootKubernetesDockerRESTful APIMicroservicesCI/CDUnit testingAutomated testingPerformance analysis
Soft Skills
Interpersonal skillsCommunicationProblem-solvingInitiativeOwnershipCollaborationSimplicityAdaptabilityTeamworkRigorous behavior