You will be a part of our Grid Software Engineering team, an Agile organization with a flexible working environment, where we are always looking to innovate our products and the processes and technologies we use. Our current focus is on leveraging our long history of Geospatial experience and expertise building client-server products, and evolving those products and tech stacks to modern cloud-based mapping and analytics micro-services. We are seeking to hire people who are passionate about technology, enjoy solving challenging problems and value the positive impact it makes to our customers. We are looking to grow our current team to meet these customer needs and will use your technical expertise and problem-solving abilities to innovate complex solutions.
As a Software Engineer with a focus on building a backend data product, you will work closely with your product development peers in fast-paced Agile development teams building efficient APIs using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and services using Java, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL within a microservices architecture to deliver cloud-based geospatial enterprise products.
Contribute to the design of RESTful APIs to build scalable high-performance services.
Work as part of a team optimising database queries and ensuring data integrity and consistency in PostgreSQL.
Develop geospatial data and queries using PostGIS in PostgreSQL.
Understand performance parameters and assess application performance
Engage in technical discussions, participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding (or online equivalent).
Evaluate technology options to meet business needs and make appropriate trade-offs.
Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation.
Be able to assess application performance and contribute to optimising it/improving it through design and best coding practices.
Work on core data structures as well as algorithms and have the ability to implement them using language of choice.
Use excellent communication skills to work collaboratively and effectively with global teams in an Agile setting.
Write clear, structured documentation for designs, ensuring developers and stakeholders can easily understand and maintain the codebase, along with product documentation to support end user integration.
Education Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Strong professional experience.
Desired Characteristics
Experience in using back-end technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Kafka, MinIO, and Infinispan.
Experience with PostgreSQL, including performance optimization, query tuning, and schema design in a microservice environment.
Familiarity with PostGIS for working with geospatial data in PostgreSQL.
Experience building distributed systems including on security, analytics, throttling, caching, and logging.
Experience building performant RESTful or GraphQL APIs which serve large volumes of data
Experience developing scalable enterprise software services and components using microservices, with a focus on handling large data volumes including both relational and NoSQL databases.
Familiarity with geospatial data ingestion and management at scale (or similar connected network paradigm).
Experience using server-side monitoring and observability technologies such as Grafana, Kibana, Kiali, and Jaeger.
Experience in containerization and orchestration using Docker, Helm and Kubernetes.
Experience with Security frameworks (e.g., JWT, OATH2)
Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and Java coding principles.
Experience in API documentation, for example using Swagger with REST API and GraphQL schema documentation
We value building teams diverse in thought and experiences. If you like what you’ve read and are excited by this opportunity, but don’t meet all the requirements, we encourage you to make the jump and apply anyway.
Why Join Our Team:
GE Vernova is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to the continuous improvement and the wellbeing of its employee. We are offering fully customized development and training programs all throughout the year, on top of a LinkedIn Learning subscription and full access to GE Vernova’s learning database.
Our wellbeing program will allow you to benefit from multiple events focused on a healthy lifestyle, free apps to support your healthy habits and free employee assistance program, provided by specialized counselors.
Also, We Are Offering:
Strong induction process (a dedicated 1-month ramp-up period).
Flexible working hours and a well-defined hybrid working policy.
Private Medical Insurance for you (can also be extended for family members).
Attractive financial compensations for roles involving external travels and on-site missions.
Fully customized development and training programs all throughout the year.
Increased number of vacation days, according to your work-experience, encompassed by an annual bonus payout.
Annual, performance-based, salary review.
Multiple subscriptions, discounts and vouchers available (such as Bookster subscription, corporate discount to fitness services, gift vouchers for Christmas and Easter holiday, daily meal vouchers, additional days off such as 8th of March and 3rd Easter Day and children’s benefits, including gifts for special occasions, vouchers, and events) etc.
Our Culture:
At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background, and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected, and that they belong. By embracing inclusive teams and perspectives, we are better equipped to build a world that works.
GE Vernova’s Global Delivery Center in Bucharest is not only a workplace, but also a community where members are actively involved in different initiatives such as personal development workshops, book clubs, sports competitions, charity events, volunteering on greening and afforestation and dedicated events for employees’ children.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No