Java/Scala Developer

Who we areSerbia is a growing international IT hub and a new market for Luxoft. Luxofters with profound expertise form the backbone of our team of talented specialists. Over 950 IT professionals work for investment banks, financial services corporations, automotive leaders, and multinational technology and retail companies.

Project descriptionOur client, a large international commodity trading company, is expanding its internal software development team and is looking for programmers to join the team working on a new generation risk management and position keeping, and trading management systems.We are looking for mature software engineers with in-depth experience of writing performance orientated and highly reliable software, who love and understand technology and also understand or are willing to understand the trading business. We expect the joiners to work on a fairly wide range of tasks: from purely business functionality to its underlying technological foundations; we also expect them to come up with well thought-out, simple, robust, testable, and elegant solutions.

ResponsibilitiesWriting performance orientated and highly reliable software in object - oriented languages for risk & position keeping systemDelivering within cost, time, and quality constraints of projectsNeeds to work closely with business analysts, testers, and project managers

SkillsMust haveAbility and willingness to acquire bits of business knowledge and to map software solutions they work on to business problems. Newcomers do not need to be readily proficient in commodity trading but must be willing to learn the relevant business contextAbility and willingness to actively contribute to system quality: re-think and re-work problematic parts, work on automated tests, observability, development ergonomics, etc.Ability to program in real-world general-purpose programming languages (Scala, Kotlin, Java, C#, etc.) as well as in common scripting languages (bash, Python, etc.). We use Scala but it is okay to have little experience with itAbility to follow common development practices: version control, code reviews, etc.Understanding of basic data structures and algorithms along with their performance characteristicsHaving a working understanding of databases and common network protocolsHaving a sensible idea of how JVM worksBeing able to do common tasks in Linux command line

Nice to haveWe would generally expect the candidate to be educated to at least degree level (or equivalent) in either Computer Science or another hard science or engineering disciplineTeam members should be able to communicate in passable English

What we offerLuxoft Training Center (more than 400 professional training programs, the High Performers Club)Self-Learning LibraryInternal Mobility (rotation between projects and accounts, new career opportunities)Global RelocationMentoring Program (professional career development for leaders)Recognition and Evaluation (feedback culture, regular appraisals)Professional Communities (join one of our many internal communities: Agile Community, Tech Community, Business Analysis Community, etc.)Team Events (take part in the many fun social activities organized by the Luxoft team in Serbia

Luxoft is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.We show fairness to all throughout our talent acquisition and management process.

Key Skills

• Java
• Python
• C#