Senior Backend Engineer
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Job Summary
What do we do
As a pioneer for digital transformation GFT develops sustainable solutions across new technologies from cloud engineering and artificial intelligence to blockchain/DLT. With its deep technological expertise strong partnerships and comprehensive market know-how GFT offers advice to the financial and insurance sectors as well as the manufacturing industry. Through the intelligent use of IT solutions GFT increases productivity and creates added value for clients. Companies gain easy and safe access to scalable IT applications and innovative business models.
Who are we
Having started in Germany in 1987 GFT Technologies has grown to become a trusted Software Engineering and Consulting specialist for the international financial industry counting many of the worlds largest and best-known banks as our clients. We are an organization that empowers you to not only explore but also raise your potential and seek out opportunities that add value. At GFT diversity equality and inclusion are at the core of who we are. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive working environment for all communities is one of the main pillars of our diversity strategy based on our core values and culture. We have been certified for 2022/23 as a Great Place to Work in the APAC region. So if you want to have the opportunity to work with an outstanding and progressive organization this position could be right for you.
Role Summary
We are looking for experienced and talented Senior Java Backend Engineers to join our global engineering teams and developing and operating our flagship product (Digital Bank platform).
Sign-on Bonus: Eligible for candidates who are currently employed elsewhere and able to join GFT before 4th January 2026.
Key Responsibilities
- Design develop implement and maintain Java application
- Write high quality maintainable code using TDD and DDD
- Translating user stories into working solution
- Design and implement RESTful APIs
- Design and implement microservice architecture within the give domain
- Work with the distributed team in multiple time zones
- Actively participate in Scrum technologies
Required Qualifications
Technical Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in programming.
- Java/Kotlin (Kotlin strongly preferred) SpringBoot JPA Kafka Rest APIs.
- Hands on experience with various Java Web technologies and frameworks Spring (Security MVC SpringBoot) JPA REST API Maven Junit test Mockito Kafka.
- Good practical knowledge of design of RDBMS and SQL
- Understanding of Agile methodologies
Specific Qualifications
- Excellent communication and written able to work in a team
- Understanding of financial instruments
- Be able to adapt willingness to learn
Essential Skillset
- Automated unit and integration testing. (jUnit mockito etc.)
- Gradle
- Data structures - dictionary list set
- Control-flow statements - switch for do-while. Microservice architecture
- Basic database fundamental. Joins indexes foreign keys primary keys
- Relational DB NoSQL graph DB. ACID properties
- Basic system design. Protocols & standards (OpenAPI avro protobuf)
- Understanding of SOLID principles. Event driven architecture
- Basic dev-ops / infra fundamentals
- Messaging queues Docker/Compose. Kubernetes ( basic knowledge on pods configmap deployments)
- Git (GitHub) CI/CD Sonar.
- Basic security fundamentals
Preferred Qualifications
- Contract testing (PACT/Spring Cloud contract
- Cloud (AWS)
- Log management tools. (Splunk SumoLogic ELK)
- Actively participate in Scrum technologies
- Recursions depth/breadth-first search
- Design architecture (DNS load balancers)
- SSL/MTLS private key a/symmetric keys hashing signatures oauth
- GQL Airflow Typescript and Python
(Note: Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not received a response from GFT regarding your application within 10 workdays please consider that we have decided to proceed with other candidates. We truly appreciate your interest in GFT and thank you for your understanding.)
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Business Intelligence
- Bidding
- Accounts Assistant Credit Control
- Account Development
- Content Development
- Lab Testing
About Company
We see opportunity in technology. In domains such as cloud, AI, mainframe modernisation, DLT and IoT, we blend established practice with new thinking to help our clients stay ahead.
