What we expect from you:

• Excellent understanding and working knowledge of Java and JVM
• Deep architectural understanding of web applications
• Good knowledge in some back end technologies like Spring, Hibernate, Lucene, SQL or others
• Superior creative and innovative problem-solving skills
• Initiative and the ability to work independently and in a team
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the industry
• Wide experience of successful and failed projects
• Ability to slice and dice problems so they can be worked on by several people
• Desire and ability to mentor junior developers
• Relaxed yet enthusiastic attitude
• Excellent communication skills with fluent English (both in speaking and writing)

Preferred skills

• Knowledge of Open Source libraries, tools and frameworks, e.g. for logging, wiring, testing, building. The more the merrier!
• Good knowledge of other JVM languages (like Scala, Groovy, Closure) or web platforms (Ruby on Rails, Python/Django)
• Excitement for the latest trends in application design
• Experience with agile software development methodologies like XP and Scrum
• Interest to learn more about new languages and frameworks

Typical experience

• 8 to 20 years (or more) in a professional development role

If you would like to:

• Solve difficult technical problems whilst keeping in mind user experience, performance, quality and security aspects
• Be unfazed by hard technical problems and always craving new challenges?
• Impact the leading products in Version Control Systems visualisation, search and code review?
• Be Keen to provide technical leadership to a team of elite developers?

Then we are a place for you!

What you will do:

• Come up with elegant solutions to very challenging technical problems
• Point out issues with the existing architecture and code, and clean it up
• Liaise with the technical leads and developers to promote great software design and quality
• Provide technical leadership and training to other developers on the team
• Drive innovation by coming up with new and surprising ideas for our products and processes
• Develop awesome new features front to back as part of a team
• Lead by example