Role Overview

What You'll Do:

Design and implement high-quality server-side code and meet coding standards
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
Build and evolve services based on Java (Quarkus), JPA/Hibernate and SQL
Ensure production-grade observability (structured logging, metrics, tracing) and robust error handling.
Participate in architecture and design reviews; provide hands-on guidance and code reviews for the team.
Ship continuously in an agile environment with automated testing and CI/CD.
Troubleshoot production issues and deliver timely fixes with strong root-cause analysis.
Research, evaluate, and prototype new technologies where they add clear value.
Actively contribute to the development of the team's coding standards and best practices
Contribute to technical decision making and strategy for the team and organization.
Identify and address security vulnerabilities in the system.
Collaborate with the business analysts for requirements clarification and testers for debugging issues and test case coverage review.
Write and maintain technical documentation.

Requirements

What You'll Bring:

3+ years of application development experience in Java(11+) back end development
Strong fundamentals in OOP, concurrency, collections, and JVM internals (GC, memory, threading)
Practical experience with Quarkus/Spring is a plus (or strong experience in a comparable framework), CDI.
Experience building RESTful APIs with clear contracts (OpenAPI/Swagger) and versioning strategies.
JPA/Hibernate expertise and strong SQL skills and data migration tools (Flyway/Liquibase); experience with relational schema design and query optimization
Solid Docker skills; image hygiene and basic runtime diagnostics
Effective communication in English and the ability to collaborate across functions
Proficient skills with tools used in software development lifecycle, such as IntelliJ, JIRA, GitHub, Maven, etc. Knowledge of agents and other AI tooling (GitHub copilot) is a plus.
Experience with modern agile software development (Continuous Integration, Automation Testing).
Experience catering for non-functional requirements including stability, manageability, scalability, capacity and performance.

Tech Stack

Docker
Hibernate
Java
Maven
Spring
SQL

Benefits

What's In It For You?

· ⚡ Flexibility & Balance: Flexible working hours and work-life balance allow you to tailor work to fit your life.

· 🌟 Recognition & Growth: Opportunities for career advancement in a company that values your contributions.

· 💼 Hybrid Workplace: Modern workspaces (in Zurich, Zug and Hyderabad as well as our Skyhub in Basel) and a remote-friendly culture to inspire collaboration amongst a globally diverse team.

· 🎉 Company-wide Events: Join us for company events to celebrate successes, build teams, and share our vision. Plus, new joiners experience SkyWeek, our immersive onboarding program.

· 👶 Generous Maternity & Paternity Leave: Support for new parents with competitive maternity and paternity leave.

· 🏖️ Annual Leave & Bank Holidays: Enjoy a generous annual leave package, plus local bank holidays to recharge and unwind.

SkyCell AG

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