Java Team Lead

Devexperts

Vilnius, Lithuania

Job Description

Being primary technical point of contact for the customer you should have excellent communication skills, a technical mindset with great attention to details, ability to analyze suggested approaches and come up with better solutions.

This is also an incredible opportunity to work on high availability and consistency of a distributed system that processes millions of operations on daily basis. On top of that you'll be presented other challenges such as (but not limited to):

Backend implementation of complex business logic related to options strategies trading, refinement of existing components (core trading system, key modules and services, administrative UI backend);
Creating an API layer for the trading data in a convenient form for use in the client terminal;
Teamwork: mandatory code reviews, daily meetings, participation in planning and retrospectives, interaction with QA engineers, analysts, and other teams;
Cover the code with the unit, integration tests, and CI/CD configuration;
Communicate with the client and participate in requirements elaboration, architecture discussions, and external demos;
Ensure good monitoring and efficient incident processing.

Along with that you’re going to be expected to maintain high test coverage and instil best coding practices in the team.

We expect the Java Team Lead to:

Oversee daily team operations;
Provide mentorship and share knowledge;
Maintain and enhance the development process (similar to Scrum);
Collaborate with the customer’s team to analyze and work on requirements, including implementation specifics;
Estimate effort required for requirements;
Manage implementation details to ensure consistency with the initial design;
Participate in code reviews;
Develop new features;
Write unit and integration tests.

Qualifications

Must-have skills:

Proven experience as a team lead managing a team of 4-5 developers;
Strong proficiency in the Java programming language;
Excellent organizational and leadership abilities;
Comprehensive understanding of the testing pyramid, particularly unit, integration, and acceptance testing;
A keen interest in writing, optimizing, documenting, and maintaining code that is thoroughly covered by tests;
A strong commitment to achieving team goals, a willingness to assist colleagues, and the ability to give and receive constructive criticism;
Proficiency in English language (C1 level or higher) to effectively communicate with the team and client.