Java Engineer

About us

In The Pocket is a leading European digital product studio. We are a complete delivery organisation that defines, designs & ships digital products, strategies and software. We’re a lively bunch that’s up for any challenge: global cloud-based platforms, large audience apps, medical devices, banking software, augmented reality and much, much more. As long as it lives and breathes digital.

As a Back-End Engineer with JAVA, you'll be working on cloud-native applications that support user-facing applications, integrate with various systems, and enable data intelligence. In a world where technology is evolving at an unprecedented (and ever-increasing) rate, it is crucial to have a modular, scalable, extendable cloud platform where updates can be deployed in minutes. It will be the responsibility of you and your team to build such a platform, using the most appropriate combination of cloud, application, and database technologies.

What you'll do?

• As a part of the team, you’ll be taking part in the continuous development of the products that are in the care of your team.
• Day to day, this means developing new user stories, fixing bugs, creating & reviewing pull requests, documenting your work (code comments, readme, confluence,..), performing research, making suggestions for product improvements and communicating clearly about your progress.
• Together with your colleagues, you’ll be making sure the product meets all functional and non-functional requirements.
• As an engineer, you understand that producing clean, readable, and testable code is always a priority.

Who you are?

• You’re eager to contribute in our back-end practice work, by sharing knowledge with colleagues
• Your mentoring mindset and enthusiasm for guiding junior colleagues exemplify your commitment to fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment.
• You have a solid grasp of common software engineering practices, like OO principles, modern design patterns, test-driven development, continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• You're a big fan of clean code and clean architecture, and you apply those principles to produce clean, readable and testable code.
• You’re always keen to learn new things, share your knowledge, adapt to change and learn from past experiences.
• You’re able to work in a team and are always open for feedback from your teammates.
• You understand the importance of application security and data security, and know how that affects your job.
• Excellent knowledge of Java
• Excellent knowledge of containerization.
• Excellent knowledge of application servers.
• Excellent knowledge of Cloud provider(s) (ex. Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services and/or Azure).
• Excellent knowledge of database technologies (ex. Postgresql, MongoDB, Mysql, …).
• Excellent knowledge of framework(Spring Boot) and the ability to use them in the right context.
• Excellent knowledge of testing and automation practices.
• Understanding of messaging and broker systems (ex. Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, Kafka, SNS/SQS).
• Understanding architectural principles. (ex. microservices vs monolithic architecture, DDD, …)
• Knowledge of CQRS, Event sourcing is considered a plus.
• Knowledge of Terraform, ElasticSearch is considered a plus.

What do we offer you?

• You will start in a full-time permanent contract, in a role with a great amount of responsibility and trust.
• A competitive salary in line with your experience
• A comprehensive benefits package (hospitalisation insurance, group insurance, meal vouchers, phone subscription, etc.)
• A mobility budget that gives you the freedom to decide how to spend it on your mobility.
• Yearly company bonus based on overall performance
• Lots of team events spread throughout the year
• Since we believe that learning is a process that never stops, everyone at ITP gets an L&D budget after 6 months

What do we value?

Since culture is an essential part of ITP, we are looking for someone who shares our values:

• Ownership: Working at In The Pocket means accepting a high level of autonomy. You take ownership and show the ability to decide and act for the good of the company.
• Integrity: Stick to your values, even when it doesn’t pay off in the short term. In The Pocket relies on trust and openness, which in turn relies on your integrity.
• Lead & Educate: Digital technologies are changing the world. We go all in, head-first. We take the lead in designing and building with emerging technologies. We share our passion and knowledge with as many people as possible.
• Agility: In The Pocket is permanently under construction. We never settle, it’s never done. Observing, adapting and improving is in our nature. That resonates with the people who work here. We are always looking for a better solution, always ready for the next step, pragmatic and committed to move forward.
• Team: As individuals we are bright and talented, as a team we’re unbeatable. We are open and positive, constructive and honest. We help and inspire our colleagues to do their best work.