Java Developer at GRNET S.A. in Athens, Attica, Greece

GRNET S.A. provides Internet connectivity, high-quality e-Infrastructures and advanced services to the Greek Educational, Academic and Research community, aiming at minimizing the digital divide and at ensuring equal participation of its members in the global Society of Knowledge. GRNET provides advanced services to the following sectors: Education, Research, Health, Culture.

We are currently looking for a Java developer to work on designing, implementing solutions to extend our service portfοlio which includes advanced service offerings that combine scalable and modular solutions for big data analytics (e.g. https://grnet.gr/en/services/computing-and-storage-services/argo-monitoring-service/) and Identity Management (e.g. https://grnet.gr/services/rciam/). We are currently looking for a Java developer to join our team and work on designing and implementing services for the European eInfrastructures (e.g European Open Science Cloud - EOSC) for the European research and education community.

You will be part of a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency, delivering mission critical services and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security. The team members are professionals, with a mindset to innovate, automate, streamline, and provide value to GRNET and to the users of the offered services.

Your tasks

● Designing solutions for scalable, fault-tolerant, highly available web services targeting hundreds of thousands of users

● Developing software to extend GRNET’s existing service portfolio for eInfrastructures

● Participate in the development teams of a number of European Research Projects.

Your Profile

● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

● 2-year proven experience with Java programming language for service development.

● Experience designing and implementing RESTful application programming interfaces (APIs).

● Experience with RBDMS databases (eg. MySQL, Postgres) or with NoSQL databases (eg. MongoDB)

● Experience in unit & integration testing as well as continuous integration practices.

Will be considered a plus:

● Experience with using source code version control systems (git).

● Experience with the shell environment preferably on Redhat derivatives and/or Debian based operating systems.

● Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g. Ansible, puppet)

● Experience in big-data processing frameworks (e.g. Flink, Spark)

● Experience with Apache Quarkus

● Working with agile methodologies

Personal Characteristics:

● Creativity, innovation spirit and team player

● Dynamic personality, ability to accept challenges and undertake responsibilities

● Enthusiasm, persistence and willingness to deliver results on time

What we offer:

● Opportunities for International collaborations

● Opportunities for development of personal skills through training and conferences

● Modern, friendly and innovative working environment

GRNET is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. People with a diverse range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, age, color, gender identity and expression, disability, national origin, medical conditions, religion, parental status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.