Lead Engineer (Java)

Job Description

Title: Lead Engineer (Java)

Company Name: Galaxy Bangladesh Group

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science Engineering, Management Information System, Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science Engineering, Management Information System

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 6 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Lead Engineer, as a key leader of the technical team, would help define and execute its technical vision and direction in building scalable web platforms, including API and other services. The Lead Engineer will work closely with the CTO, Architect, business stakeholders and the technical team to deliver technology platform that deliver business results. (S)he will have the opportunity to shape the organization`s culture and influence its technology platform selection and processes adoption.
∎ The Lead Engineer would lead a team of Senior Engineers to work on research, the creation of tools and techniques and investigation and resolution of issues. (S)he would ensure the technical excellence of the work. The person will to work on creation and maintenance of scalable web applications and other tools and services.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide guidance and direction to the Java engineering team so that they can achieve their tasks timely, efficiently and with quality
∎ Work with rest of the team to identify, formalize, size and break down product backlog items mainly web part
∎ Create, enhance and maintain pleasing, scalable, secure web applications, web API
∎ Make sure coding standards and processes are adhered to
∎ Make sure unit tests are properly written and executed
∎ Ensure that the DevOps pipeline runs smoothly
∎ Performs code review and peer programming, as and when necessary
∎ Investigate and resolve reports bugs
∎ Investigate and resolve reported performance, security, usability or other issues
∎ Work with the architect to design systems and components and implement critical part of the platform
∎ Actively participate in requirement clarification (grooming) and planning activities
∎ Provide estimate, assess risk and explore and recommend options for work items
∎ Discuss and delegate work items to the engineering team members
∎ Make sure the team's work meets functional and non-functional (performance, security, usability) requirements
∎ Resolve issues and questions raised by the team members
∎ Troubleshoot production issues and devise effective resolutions
∎ Work with the Quality Assurance team to make sure they remain productive and remove any blocking issue
∎ Create (or help create) documents: architecture, design documents, technical guide, etc. as and when necessary
∎ Research and investigate newer, relevant technologies and its applicability to our platform
∎ Interface with partners to integrate their services into our platform or help them integrate our services in their platform
∎ Keep the senior leadership team abreast of status, risks, challenges and significant wins
∎ Coach other members of the engineering team
∎ Other responsibilities that may be assigned based on capabilities, interests and need

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 30 to 40 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ 6+ years of experience, including Lead-level experience working for technology/service related companies
∎ Solid understanding of contemporary software engineering practices, including object-oriented design and implementation, design patterns, anti-patterns, micro-services etc.
∎ Self-managed, self-starter
∎ Good communication skills
∎ Ability to execute based on technology vision
∎ Ability to coordinate with others and delegate when necessary
∎ Excellent understanding of security vulnerabilities and ways to avoid those
∎ Good understanding and experience with software development processes (agile preferable)
∎ Familiarity with standard software development tools like Git, BitBucket, Jira etc.
∎ Good understanding of DevOps processes and tools
∎ Mastery of the latest Java language (Java 1.8 or later)
∎ Java related frameworks (e.g. Spring, Hibernate etc.)
∎ Highly proficient with Web Services (REST, SOAP) and related technologies
∎ Experience with Consuming different API’s on the web
∎ Expert knowledge of JVM, memory management, garbage collection, multi-threading and concurrency concerns
∎ Expert knowledge of ORM technologies, including Hibernate, Jell
∎ Well-versed in JSON, XML and similar technologies
∎ Solid understanding of networking including HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP
∎ Strong, practical knowledge of design patterns and its application in coding
∎ Strong advocate of unit testing and test driven development
∎ Very good knowledge of Javascript and Javascript-based framework (e.g. JQuery)
∎ Well-versed with HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap and related technologies
∎ Familiarity with one of Angular, ReactJS, KnockoutJS and similar framework is preferred
∎ Thorough understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar public cloud providers
∎ One of the Linux flavors (CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora etc.)
∎ One of Tomcat, JBoss, NGinx etc.
∎ One of MySQL, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB or similar database
∎ Conceptual understanding of ACID property, transactions etc.
∎ Excellent communication skills
∎ Ability to work independently or in a team
∎ Ability to mentor an coach a team of senior engineers
∎ Must be able to look at a problem from multiple angles and come up with several suggestions for solution
∎ Methodical and detail oriented, with solid analytical skills and problem-solving ability
∎ Good collaborator, get along with others and are able to work effectively in a team
∎ Dedicated to quality and understands that quality is the result of intentional, focused effort
∎ Self-motivated; able to find opportunities for improvement and tackle them, without external direction
∎ Experience with real time queuing systems (Kafka)
∎ Experience with NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Couchbase)
∎ Experience with a different language is strongly preferred (Python, Go, Ruby, Scala etc.)
∎ Experience with Mobile Network, Geolocation, Payment systems
∎ Experience with containers, container repositories and related technologies

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per company policy

Application Deadline: June 30, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Galaxy Bangladesh Group
∎ Address : Taj Marriot (5th floor) 25 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-1, Dhaka 1212
∎ Web : www.galaxybd.com
∎ Business : Galaxy Bangladesh Group comprises of :
(GSA for Qatar Airways Cargo/Oman Air/Maldivian Airlines/ Bangkok Airways/ Spice Jet / THE WAY Dhaka/ Galaxy Express Ltd. (DPD)/ VFS Global ( GFSL)/ Shipping-Hapag-Lloyd Bangladesh Shipping Line/Freight forwarding-Galaxy World Logistics Ltd/GBX Logistics Ltd /Tours-Travels etc.

Category: Engineer/Architect

Read Before Apply: eJogajog Limited is a concern of Galaxy Bangladesh group, focusing on various areas of supply chain including transportation, inventory, logistics etc. eJogajog is launching an online marketplace for commercial transportation through which we are envisioning to transform the supply chain industry in Bangladesh by designing a technology platform where both the customer and service providers will match their needs in real-time basis to ensure higher utilization and efficiency.