Senior Java Developer

As of 2022, K+C has joined forces with Melon, which has now officially become a part of Kin+Carta.

Melon is a software development company focused on building teams and delivering meaningful solutions. We have 20+ years of digital transformation consulting experience and 300+ passionate and motivated young professionals in software development offices in Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, Skopje and Prishtina.

Heads up:

We believe that there are three key qualities to being a good teammate: being smart, delivering results and being nice. This is why beyond your skills, we value character, reason and sense of humour, and we appreciate potential for growth.
Our global teams are agile, hard-working, supportive and friendly and we like to keep it this way. 

If you would like to join Melon, here’s what you will do most of the time:

• Work on custom projects for clients, sometimes very closely with their team
• Keep a healthy communication with your project manager and client
• Take active part in all project stages – analysis, estimation, documentation, coding, bug fixing and support
• Develop our own products
• Learn from your colleagues and teach them what you know 

Requirements:

• 5+ years commercial software experience
• An excellent understanding of Java 8+
• Good knowledge of OOP, data structures and algorithms
• Understanding of Big O notation and performance analysis
• Knowledge of cloud-based services (AWS is a plus)
• Knowledge and experience in microservices and distributed systems
• Knowledge of SQL and relational data storage (at least one of MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL or other)
• Knowledge of non-relational data stores (at least one of MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redshift, Cassandra or other)
• Experience with Spring and Spring Boot
• Experience with git or other version control
• Experience working with Docker
• Good communication skills - verbal and written

Advantages:

• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Experience handling large data sets
• Integration experience with third party API’s
• Performance analysis of JVM technology
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Experience with Spring Cloud or Quarkus
• Experience with Maven/Gradle/Ant
• Experience with developing batch/streaming data processing pipelines
• Advanced knowledge in databases such as partitioning and indexing
• Knowledge in Elastic services and tools is a plus
• Knowledge in Salesforce is a plus

Education:

• Computer Science or other related fields and/or demonstrated capability through previous experience.

About Melon, part of Kin + Carta:

We are a global digital transformation consultancy committed to building a world that works better #ForEveryone.

Our culture is people-first, informal and we aim to be internationally recognized as the best place to work. Our developers say that we are friendly and supportive. Beyond skills, we value character, common sense, and sense of humor. We appreciate potential for growth. Our 2,000+ curious minds make creative connections between people, data, and technology. Together, we devise connected outcomes across the full lifecycle of business-critical product and platforms.

We are a technology business with trust and human connection at its heart. As a certified B Corp, our triple bottom line focuses on people, planet, and profit. This mix attracts like-minded team members and engages clients in a unique way.

To apply, please send your CV with the position reference in the subject. If you have written relevant code, we encourage you to send an example.

Your application will be treated with confidentiality.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.