With over 7,000 experts in 20 countries, Talan is a global consulting and technology group dedicated to accelerating our clients' transformation through technology, data, and innovation. We’re proud to be a Certified Great Place to Work and are on track to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2025.

At Talan, our philosophy is simple yet powerful: Positive Innovation—leveraging technology to benefit people and society.

Join us and be part of meaningful change!

We are looking for a Senior Big Data Software Engineer with strong expertise in Java and experience with Public Cloud technology.

As a Big Data Software Engineer, you will support the development of our current data lake. This is a project where you will use AZURE Infrastructure to develop and deploy a market-leading solution.

Responsibilities

As a member of the Feature Team, you will work in autonomy, which includes the following development tasks:

• Design, develop and implement technical solutions in Microsoft Azure environments using the Java programming language, Spark, Hive, Avro, Parquet, Kubernetes, Java Spring Boot, Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana, Oozie, and PostGres SQL.
• Support deconstruction of customer requests into detailed stories by interacting with the Product Owner
• Deliver working code that meets acceptance criteria as well as meets the definition of done at different levels
• Write code, deploy scripts, unit test, check code to source code repository, and monitor delivery pipeline activity to ensure product quality and consistency
• Conduct testing, deployment, and production activities of the team to ensure production stability, applying the guidelines provided by the chapters
• Engage in pair programming to write high-quality code that’s easy to understand and support
• Write tests - very often before the associated code - at unit level with Junit, Mockito and in BDD style with Cucumber
• Attend backlog refinement and planning sessions to discuss and estimate (small, medium, large) upcoming stories

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Required Technical Skills:

• Java 8 + Spring Boot (or similar), Kafka, Elastic Search, Kibana, Kubernetes
• Cloud & Big Data (Spark, Hive, Avro, Parquet) and Scala/Kotlin
• Relational databases: Oracle PL/SQL, MS SQL Server
• Dev tools: SVN, Maven, Hudson, Git; Azure or AWS environments
• RESTful API design and integration
• Agile (Scrum) and automated testing (TDD, unit, integration, BDD)
• Continuous integration, SOA, message brokers
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and teamwork skills

Education and Experience

• BS/master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or relevant technical field.
• 8 plus years of experience working as Senior Programmer Analyst role in a financial industry environment
• Experience working in a global/international financial IT environment, where there is a broad range of policies and procedures.
• Possess the first-hand experience working in a real Change and Release management environment
• Experience with business analysis methodologies, processes, and documentation standards
• Financial industry experience highly preferable

Company’s Benefits

At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:

• 💵 The yearly salary range for this role is USD 75,000-115,000
• 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
• ❤️‍🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
• 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD
• 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.