Hybrid Lead Java Developer

at 28Stone

• Job title: Lead Java Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: €4,500 - €6,000 per month
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Hibernate, Java, Jenkins, Kafka, Kotlin, SOAP, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, SQL, Subversion
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Riga, Latvia

About the role

• Lead a team in developing and supporting internal system integration solutions at 28Stone. Focus on capital markets technology and improving business functionality through best practices.

Responsibilities

• Development and support of existing and new internal system integration solutions.
• Implementation of unit and integration tests.
• Investigation of production incidents.
• Provide work estimates and participate in sprint planning.
• Ensure code quality and performance by utilizing best practices.
• Design and implement new features, and improve existing functionality to meet business requirements.
• Participate in all phases of the software delivery lifecycle, from analysis through deployment and ongoing support.
• Decision-making on solution architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other developers.

Requirements

• At least 10+ years of hands-on experience in developing enterprise applications using Java.
• Must have 10 plus years of Spring/Spring boot development experience.
• Very good understanding of common design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Deep understanding of design patterns for distributed systems, concurrent/multithreaded programming, distributed transactions.
• Thorough knowledge of Java frameworks such as Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, REST, XML/SOAP, Hibernate.
• Kafka, Tibco Rendezvous/JMS/MQ or equivalent.
• Experience with Java web servers.
• Experience with Jenkins and a basic understanding of the continuous integration (CI) process.
• Experience with GIT (preferred) or SVN.
• Proven experience in leading development teams or mentoring other engineers.
• Good written and spoken English communication skills (Communicate with international clients and colleagues).
• Ability to work in a team and independently.
• Knowledge of data analysis, data modeling methodologies (considered an advantage).
• Experience in SQL query profiling and optimization (considered an advantage).
• Experience working with AWS cloud services (considered an advantage).
• Experience of working with Kotlin (considered an advantage).
• Financial Services knowledge (specifically Capital Markets and Securities Trading, specifically Fixed Income trading), FIX protocols (considered an advantage).
• Experience integrating with Salesforce CRM (considered an advantage).

Benefits

• Hybrid, remote, or office-based options, depending on location.
• Work from our offices in Riga, Daugavpils, Leiria, or remotely from Latvia or Portugal.
• Training budget.
• Mentorship programs and tech communities.
• Performance reviews and career growth opportunities.
• Social events, team building, and company-wide gatherings.
• Loyalty rewards: gifts, referral bonuses.
• Health and wellness support (insurance, mental health programs, sports/fitness perks), paid mobile bills, sports community (Latvia).
• Coverflex benefits (education, childcare, sports), free parking (Portugal).