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GD Next is a European group of companies headquartered in Switzerland, specialising in KYC, Fraud prevention, financial messaging, and Open Banking solutions. We integrate innovative, modern technologies into the traditional financial sector to strengthen digital banking and enhance the customer experience. By combining proven, market-validated technologies with the expertise of our team and trusted partners across Europe, we deliver real and tangible value to our clients.

We are seeking a motivated and inspiring leader with a strong background in Java and modern architectures to take on the role of Technology Team Lead.

In this role, you will play a key role in architecture and delivery for a fintech project focused on automating taxation and accounting processes for one of our European clients.

Your expertise and leadership will also be instrumental in driving innovation within our company, influencing our technical roadmap, and cultivating the skills of our engineers through mentoring, training, and structured career paths.

Your key responsibilities would be:

• Design and implement complex distributed high-loaded systems (often from scratch) and provide strategic technical oversight for project success.
• Lead the software development team by coordinating tasks, setting priorities, and empowering team members for the project success.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for customers, ensuring transparent communication and alignment on goals and progress.
• Foster the best SW architecture practices and coding standards, and adherence to compliance requirements in daily work.
• Research emerging technologies, proactively adopt new technical solutions for customer and internal projects, and mentor your team, including establishing and supporting career development paths.
• Collaborate with the sales team as a technical expert, participate in solution ideation, and help secure new opportunities.

Your profile includes:

• At least 5 years of a SW development with Java (Spring Boot, Quarkus, Jakarta/J2EE) with extensive knowledge of Java Core and OOP principles.
• Deep understanding and extensive experience of frameworks and base technologies, such as Spring Security, Spring Data, and Hibernate.
• Strong experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs. Familiarity with OpenAPI, Swagger and API first approach.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, or Oracle, including writing and reading complex SQL queries, Criteria API.
• Strong knowledge of ORMs (Hibernate/JPA; Blaze Persistence is a plus).
• Familiarity with messaging systems (Google Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka) and in-memory caches (Redis).
• Hands-on experience with WebSockets for real-time communication.
• Understanding of cloud architectures (GCP, AWS, Azure), monitoring and tracing tools (Grafana, NewRelic), and tools for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD). 
• Experience in organizing the team’s development process (CI, CD, Tracing & Monitoring Grafana/New Relic, etc.).
• Experience in agile work models like Scrum or Kanban.
• Proficiency with unit testing frameworks such as Junit, Testcontainers.
• Familiarity with security standards and best practices in secure software development.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a focus on driving the customer project and fostering trusted customer relationships.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities in cross-functional teams.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

The following points would bring you an advantage:

• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Hands-on experience with BPMN engines.
• Experience with Angular, React, or similar frontend frameworks.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools such as Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience in RAG or machine learning technologies.
• Experience in performance tuning and cost optimizations.
• Readiness to mentor and coach your colleagues around your expertise.
• Relevant certifications in SW Design and Architecture.
• Background in highly regulated industries, specifically banking or insurance.
• German language skills.

We will give you an opportunity to enjoy your work by:

• Exposure to the company's technology stack and mastery of the latest technologies.
• A budget allocated for your professional development.
• A modern MacBook Pro and tech setup that suits your role.
• Flexible working hours and up to 100% remote work possibilities.
• Friendly and supportive team.
• Stable working pace and performance-based bonuses.
• An opportunity to drive innovation, develop career paths for the team, and make a meaningful impact on our company's growth