Senior Java Software Architect

About DEGIRO

DEGIRO is a fast growing, online broker available in 18 countries. Currently we are market leader in the Netherlands and a top tier player in Europe. Our trading platform is internally created and maintained and therefore we are always looking for expansion in our tech team.

Position

DEGIRO is looking for a Senior Java Software Architect to help lead, mentor and grow the team of young ambitious IT professionals at our DEGIRO Amsterdam office.

The Senior Java Software Architect is a professional with solid technical knowledge of design patterns, design frameworks combined with a sharp business acumen and long experience of orchestrating complex IT projects and good people skills. Previous experience in the field of financial/insurance or FinTech experience is an advantage. As member of the Architecture Review Board you will be responsible for making sure the technical decisions made will ensure the code is future-proof, modular, reusable and maintainable not just in the short term but for years to come. Business teams and stakeholders are present both at the Amsterdam and Sofia offices. Incidental travel to the Sofia office could be required.

Responsibilities

• Make architectural and technological decisions with the development team
• Provide helicopter view technical expertise and guidance
• Promote simplicity, design pattern and framework standardization within the organization
• Improve architectural structures and help design teams create new features from concept to production
• Collaborate with product owners, business departments and other stakeholders
• Constantly help improve quality of codebase, flexibility of the development ecosystem and capacity of the team
• Help choose good tooling both for development work and production support
• Help attract best-in-class talent from the local market

Your qualification

• 10+ years of Java development experience
• 5+ as an architect mentoring and coaching others
• Degree in Computer Science, Finance or a related field or equivalent professional experience
• Full SDLC exposure and prior experience of agile and DevOps delivery methods
• Good documentation and commentary skills so that he/she can draw, explain and facilitate workshops to help others understand what is expected
• Familiarity with advantages and disadvantages of different industry frameworks, design patterns and code beautifiers is a plus
• Familiarity with most common development and DevOps tooling as well as test driven development for optimal automated regression testing is preferred
• OCM, OCAJP, OCPJP or similar experience/certification a big plus
• Familiarity with Kafka, Zookeeper, Git, Jenkins, Spring, Hibernate or similar

What we offer

• A friendly working environment
• Free Dutch lessons
• A challenging job within a fast forward moving company and the opportunity to work with the best in the industry
• Optional apartment sharing with colleagues in Amsterdam
• An iconic and modern work environment (Rembrandt Tower)
• Many more perks

Additional details

Communication and all issues related to the position are curated by the recruitment partner of DEGIRO.