Senior Java Developer

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Our client is the globally leading company for tech solutions and fulfillment capabilities for online sales of flights. They are here to solve complexity, by connecting millions of flights and travelers across the globe. They hold consumer online travel agency brands like Mytrip, GoToGate & Flight Network and serve exclusively Booking.com with flights. Our client has also established strategic partnerships with companies like Skyscanner, Google Flights, TUI, etc.

Every day they strive to make the world smaller for their customers and bigger for their people. Their diverse team of more than 2000 passionate professionals is what makes them the industry’s tech wonder and the best in the world at what they do. Their major offices are in Sweden (HQ), Canada, Greece, India, Poland, with the Athens office being one of the largest, hosting around 500 employees working from the center of Athens for the rest of the world.

Join them and start today as Senior Java Developer!

Position Summary

They are looking for a passionate back-end developer to join their growing team. The position involves working on Java technologies, developing/maintaining their core back-end software system and facing fresh challenges along with your team members every day. The successful candidate must be knowledgeable in the field of software development and eager to contribute & work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment.

The position will be located at their Athens office.

Responsibilities

• You will be part of a team, who designs and implements features for their core back-end system, which handles from tens to hundreds of millions requests per day
• Your code should be designed with performance and quality in mind; you will test your code and write automated tests
• You document and communicate your work with your team in order to deliver daily releases
• You will work closely with software, product developers and QA engineers
• You will be reviewing code, and your code will be reviewed
• As part of the team, you will participate in the collaborative team activities

Their Stack

Java 17, Gradle, MySQL 8, MemSQL, ScyllaDB, Couchbase, JUnit5/TestNG, Mockito, Kafka, Hibernate, Elastic / ELK, Kibana, Grafana, Jenkins, Git & Bitbucket, Intelli, GraphQL etc.

Of course you don’t have to be familiar with all of they tech stack. They will support you in your journey with them!

Requirements

• You are a back-end developer with 7+ years of previous working experience, of which 5+ years are on the Java stack
• You have experience with at least one large-scale, high-volume production environment
• You write code which is both readable and performant, and, you feel right at home with OOP, multi-tier architecture
• You are a proponent of commonly used Design Patterns and SOLID Principles, and, deliver code that is well-tested and well-documented
• You have a positive mindset, and you are motivated by challenging projects; new and existing. Rest assured we have a lot going on around here!
• You know about Web Services development and integration with at least one of SOAP and REST, GraphQL
• You have great communication skills in English
• You have a legal permit to work in Greece
• You have any military obligations fulfilled (for Greek male candidates)

The below will be considered an asset:

• You have knowledge of the travel industry, and specifically, flights
• You have knowledge using the API of at least one of the major Global Distribution Systems
• Experience on Unix/Linux environments

BENEFITS

What they offer

They are looking for people who would make the world smaller for travelers but want a bigger world of opportunities for themselves. With them you can enjoy:

• Working in a hybrid model – having the opportunity to work both remotely and at the office! #LIHybrid
• Health Benefits – Through partners, they offer a private health insurance plan. They also offer the possibility to use 2 extra medical leave days in case of need.
• Monthly ticket restaurant card – to spend in one of the thousands affiliated restaurants, cafes, stores or supermarkets across Greece.
• Office in the City – They sit on bright, large floors (over 4000㎡!) in central Athens. Just a short walk from the Ambelokipi Metro station.
• Growth – They believe in personal development and continuous education. They allocate a generous budget each year to spend at conferences, seminars, online courses or other means to learn new things. In addition to this, they continuously organize internal training and workshops, so that they can learn from each other.
• Hackathon and Dev week – They believe in fostering creativity and testing new things. Therefore, they have recurring Hackathon and Dev weeks, where the teams decide what they want to work on.
• Team activities – They also like to schedule company/department/team activities and events outside the office space!
• Fun & Work – They have a relaxed working environment where you can enjoy breakfast, free beverages & fruits, playing ping pong or video games