Job Description
At Silent Eight, we develop our own AI-based products to combat financial crimes that enable things like money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and systemic corruption. We're a leading RegTech firm working with large international financial institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. Join us and help make the world a safer place!
Responsibilities
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Responsible for designing, coding, and implementing software solutions using the Java programming language.
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Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code that meets the project requirements and follows industry best practices and the engineering handbook.
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Maintaining and supporting existing Java applications. Troubleshoot issues, debug code, create unit test cases, and implement fixes and enhancements to ensure the smooth functioning of the silent eight solution.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and testers. They participate in code reviews, share knowledge and ideas, and contribute to the overall success of the project.
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Leverage their technical expertise to make informed decisions, select appropriate technologies, and optimize code performance.
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Problem solvers who analyze complex requirements and develop innovative solutions. Use their deep understanding of software design principles and are skilled at translating business needs into functional software components.
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Continuously seek opportunities to improve processes, enhance functionality, and adopt new technologies to deliver high-quality software solutions.
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Ensure that they deliver on time, with high quality, and within budget.
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Maintain CI tools like Jenkins and similar tools, and implement CI best practices.
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Deliver high-quality Java code for client-specific solutions and product changes, focusing on complex tasks
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Write and maintain technical documentation for customizations and new features.
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Follow coding standards, processes, and quality gates; suggest improvements proactively.
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Produce installation-ready artifacts and documentation to enable deployment without developer assistance.
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Participate in code reviews, CI/CD improvements, and test coverage expansion.
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Use AI confidently to speed up coding, testing, documentation, and problem analysis.
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Work transparently in Jira: update issues, create sub-tasks, provide estimates, and keep status clear.
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Collaborate with leads, product, architects, QA, and support teams to align on scope and delivery.
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Contribute to third-line support for complex issues when needed.
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Share knowledge with the team through docs and short enablement sessions.
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Work mainly with Java (Spring Boot/Framework, Spring Data JPA + Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Gradle)**
Requirements**
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Experience in software architecture, design, development and testing of Java 8 / Java 11+ & Spring
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Experience with the following: ORM (Hibernate), SQL, JSON, REST, MQ Messaging, Git, Maven or Gradle, Jenkins, JUnit 5/Spock
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Linux
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SOLID, OOP, design patterns
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Relational databases
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TDD, BDD practical understanding