Lead Java Developer

What we do

At Blankfactor, we are dedicated to engineering impact. We are passionate about creating value by building best-in-class tech solutions for companies looking to transform, innovate, and scale. In every project, we aim to deliver work that moves the needle and drives measurable outcomes for our partners and clients. Our full-stack development, data engineering, digital product, and enterprise AI solutions cater to a range of industries, including payments, banking, capital markets, and life sciences.

We are headquartered in Miami, Florida, have offices in Bulgaria, Colombia, and Romania, and are rapidly expanding our global footprint. Our culture of engineering excellence, technical expertise, and care for both our clients and our talented workforce has made us one of the fastest-growing companies in America.

We only hire the best and brightest. If you have talent and ambition, join us and be part of an environment that fosters innovation, collaboration, and growth. Welcome to Blankfactor!

What to expect in this role

We are looking for a Lead Java Developer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing, designing, implementing, and unit testing products as part of an experienced team. You will create detailed design artifacts like program specifications, test plans, and independently develop and review code and contribute to the go-live plan.

Successful candidates are expected to take ownership of development tasks and provide estimates and documentation for the chosen solution. Support will form part of the responsibilities and involves collaborating with internal personnel to help investigate and resolve issues. Our team uses the industry's best practices while producing high-quality full-stack solutions in a collaborative, agile, results-driven environment to meet our clients' business needs. You will be part of a work culture where teamwork is encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.

• Practice: implement designs following the industry’s best practices and coding standards; maintain and support mission-critical applications as necessary;
• Analysis & Design: ensure the business requirements and related artifacts effectively model the customer's requirements; use best practices to create design models from the requirements;
• Review: participate in and lead requirement, design, and code reviews;
• Test & Deployment: work closely with other teams (e.g., QA, configuration management, end users) to release high-quality software: create test requirements and ensure sufficient unit test coverage;
• Quality & Process Advancement: participate in team improvement activities and initiatives to improve the process and product quality in pursuit of excellence;
• Reporting: complete project documentation on assignments as required (i.e. noting status, risks, progress, and effort);
• Team Development: mentor and assist in training new team members.

Qualifications and Tech Proficiency

• 8+ years of experience in Java, Spring boot, Node, Microservices
• 2+ years of direct experience on Google Cloud platform or AWS or Azure.
• Proven ability to design, and implement cloud-based and/or cloud-native solutions based on API-first
• designs.
• Strong understanding of HTTP/REST/API architectures.
• Experience with security architectures and designs and leveraging relational and NoSQL databases like Postgres, SQL Server, and MongoDB.
• Experience with continuous integration, continuous delivery, and associated tooling such as Azure
• DevOps, Jenkins, and GitHub. Experience with Virtualizing servers.
• Experience in creating Docker Containers
• Experience in understanding Terraform scripts

The Ideal Candidate

• Understands the concepts of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Holds Agile professional certification
• Has experience in the Financial Services domain.

What We Offer

• $500 dedicated self-development budget
• Fintech Expertise: Access to expertise in machine learning, data science, big data, and AI, providing opportunities for continuous learning and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.
• Technology exams/Certifications covered by the company
• World-class workspace for unleashing creativity
• Lunch is provided when working from the office
• Fresh fruits and snacks in the office
• Diverse client portfolio
• Cutting-edge high-tech stack
• Monthly on-site gatherings
• Annual festivities: Participate in team-building activities, family BBQs, and end-of-year celebrations
• Participation in Sporting Challenges and Marathons
• Voluntary social events

We believe that diversity of experience and background contributes to more robust ideas and a stronger team. All quali?ed applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.