Clickatell is a global leader in mobile messaging and transaction services, which enable its customers to connect, interact and transact with their business partners and communities on the mobile phone. Video: Ontbytsake (Breakfast Matters) Profile of Clickatell Clickatell’s global footprint means that it can deliver short message services (SMS) through it’s next-generation Clickatell Message eXchange (CMneXt) to over 960 mobile networks in over 220 countries and territories, with the potential to reach 6 billion mobile phone users – more than 80 percent of the world’s population. In addition, with Clickatell Transaction eXchange (CTX), it provides the essential link between mobile consumers and their financial institution, with services like airtime top-up. More than 15,000 enterprise, government, medium and small business customers and application developers have embraced Clickatell’s technology solutions. Founded in 2000, Clickatell is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA.
Purpose
We are seeking a Software Developer (Java) to join our Champion team focused on disrupting a $50B+ market. This role is deemed essential to our growth and focused on software development on our Interact Product.
We Do The Right Things
Responsibilities of the Role
Work with an awesome geographically distributed team of developers and product designers to implement the next generation of products and/or features
Work independently and collaborate on projects developing applications/features from scratch
Build applications that can scale (millions of transactions/requests per day)
Develop highly maintainable software iteratively and deliver working code with each iteration,including authoring relevant documentation and test cases
Apply best software development practices to coding software solutions
Be responsible for:
implementing, debugging, and testing of new product features, or enhancements on existing features, or assisting customers and vendors with implementing and troubleshooting
end-to-end solutions
Implementing a test-driven development using unit and integration tests in an agile environment
sustaining implemented features once delivered into production through maintenance and support
Accurate and detailed documentation of relevant design artefacts (use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams etc)
Working closely with key stakeholders particularly with team leads and software managers
Partake in architecture discussions, design recommendations and implementations
Adhere to policies and standards as applied by the team and directed by the reporting manager
Participate in supporting production releases as needed
Coach and mentor software developers and other roles within the team to improve knowledge, skill and capability
We Are on A Learning Journey
Requirements of the Role
For success in this role, the following are some desirable technical requirements:
Strong development & debugging experience with Java 8 or Java 11 & Spring Boot based microservices
Experience with MySQL, Postgres
Experience writing unit tests with Mockito, Spring Boot
Experience with source code management tools such as Git, GitLab, etc
Experience with log monitoring tools such as Elastic, Kibana, GrayLog, etc
Experience with dependency management tool such as Maven/Gradle
Package management tools such as NPM
To excel in this role, following are some nice-to-have technical requirements:
Experience working in a full stack capacity with AngularJS
Knowledge of RxJS
Experience with Containerization & Orchestration frameworks including Docker, Kubernetes
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
Experience working with event driven architecture including Kafka, Event Bus
Experience with DataDog for metric monitoring
Bonus points for experience working with WebSockets (industry standard for real-time applications)
Bonus points for experience working with other JVM based languages such as Kotlin
Active participation in code and design reviews
Computer Science degree or equivalent diploma from a reputable school (or 8+ years relevant experience if no degree)
Proven track record of working in relevant roles for 5 years or more
Proven industry experience in Financial or banking, or telecommunications an advantage
Experience working in an Agile methodology an advantage
Experience working with other integrated applications within the Clickatell ecosystem or 3rd party systems
Strong communication skills with a team player attitude