Java Engineer

Client: IT Services Center
Office Location: Bucharest
Contract Duration: At Least 6 months
Project No.: 012210726

General

We are looking for Java Engineers to join our client’s development team to build secure, high-volume retail banking payment solutions and develop high-performance Java services that power fraud prevention, payment orchestration, and resilient transaction processing.

Responsibilities/Activitie

• Design and develop Java-based real-time payment processing components
• Build fraud prevention capabilities and payment orchestration workflows
• Implement message-driven integrations using Kafka, MQ, EMS and APIs
• Develop secure, scalable and resilient microservices with Spring Boot
• Contribute to performance, resilience, security and operational excellence
• Collaborate with fraud, payments and operations teams
• Ensure compliance with IT risk, audit and security standards
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies and demonstrate delivered features

Requirements

Technical

• At least 5 years of Java development experience
• Working experience with Java 21/25
• Strong Spring Boot, Spring Batch and concurrent programming knowledge
• Experience with distributed systems, Kafka and Cassandra
• CI/CD experience (Azure DevOps preferred)
• Docker and Kubernetes experience
• Experience with TDD/BDD (Cucumber, Gherkin)
• Knowledge of XML, XSL and XSD
• Security-by-design mindset
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams

Education

• University degree in Design, Architecture, Computer Science or other related fields

Others

• Advanced level of English (verbal and written)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work in an international environment

Nice to have requirements

• Knowledge of additional Java frameworks
• Experience with ActiveMQ, IBM MQ or other messaging platforms
• Performance testing and tuning
• Prometheus, Grafana and observability tooling
• ISO 20022 knowledge
• Experience in multi-location/international teams