Welcome to Monstarlab Engineering We are Monstarlab - a digital consultancy with engineering at the core We care a lot about delivering value to our clients and we strive to hit the sweet spot between moving fast and being a strategic partner ?. What does this mean for you? On a daily basis, you will be taking a lot of ownership and will be deeply involved in shaping and delivering meaningful projects together with our teams and clients. You will be working with colleagues from all over the world, iterating and collaborating with designers, engineers, QA, delivery, and strategy across the four pillars of our organization: Tech, Data, Experience & Strategy. Monstarlab is a borderless company with offices in 30 cities around the world . We believe that working at Monstarlab is a great opportunity to grow professionally, as you will get exposure to lots of brilliant-minded colleagues, as well as working on challenging projects across the world and within different industries We love new technology, we enjoy sharing our knowledge, and contribute to open source. Don't believe us? Check out our open source work and templates. We also have yearly conferences, MonstarHacks, and we like to share our work through our engineering blog What we are looking for We are looking for a Java Lead to join our team in Colombia. This will be a customer facing role supporting our team in Colombia as well as in the US. Responsibilities: Own the technical architecture and design of the solution and oversee development activities when acting as the technical leader Implement and maintain robust backend services using Java and SpringBoot within our microservice architecture Design RESTful APIs and event-based messaging for smooth interservice communication, ensuring seamless data flow between the frontend and backend Oversee the deployment and management of services on the AWS, focusing on scalability, security, and performance Regularly evaluate the application's performance, optimizing code and infrastructure to meet and exceed performance benchmarks Perform code reviews and enforce coding guidelines and best practices Own software release activities, including, but not limited to, reviewing code changes, client demos, QA hand-offs, and presenting solutions and justifications for tasks Debug or troubleshoot complex or critical issues that cannot be handled by junior positions, and provide root cause analysis Lead and managed a team of engineers Create training programs for technologies within fields of expertise Participate actively in development the overall backend practice at ML Provide expert knowledge of application/system architecture, guiding the dev process to ensure code is developed to spec Requirements 6+ Years of Experience in software development with Java (8+ versions), Spring (MVC, Boot, Security) 2+ Years of Experience as a technical leader, strong leadership skills Web Services, Microservices, Rest APIs Experience with cloud development (Preferably AWS) Experience with event driven architecture development (Preferably AWS) Significant knowledge of complex database concepts, experience with SQL databases Able to demonstrate strong work experience in analyzing algorithms like searching, sorting, and other algorithms Advanced knowledge of SOLID principles, Design patterns, OOP + Experience with Agile methodologies, Scrum framework Exceptional problem-solving abilities and a systematic approach to addressing challenges B2 English level Nice to have Software Development with Github Copilot Experience with cloud platforms (GCP or AWS) Experience with payments and fintech platforms Advanced knowledge of Amazon Aurora-MySQL Familiarity with messaging pipelines (AWS SQS or Kafka) Working at Monstarlab What does working at Monstarlab look like? Put in one sentence: Working at Monstarlab means delivering awesome projects, in trust-based relations with talented people who enjoy what they are doing. Trust is key in ensuring that we can deliver great work with our clients and that we can develop as an organization and individuals. You will be met with a high level of trust across the organization as we are confident that everyone is here to make a difference and to amplify their impact. We provide and request feedback as we believe that there is always potential for development and improvement, which helps us to grow personally and professionally We believe having fun has a huge impact on you enjoying what you are doing every day. Both our informal culture, but also the multiple different events organized, are creating a fun work environment Caring a great deal about a good work-life balance is of course also part of being a great place to work, so you can expect a great portion of flexibility and a focus on your wellbeing ?
