Overview
The Digital Solutions Back-end Developer is responsible for the back-end development of sciORIAN™, a cloud-based Service & Application Solution platform that enhances Kemin's existing products and services. In collaboration with both internal and external developers, the whole back-end infrastructure is analyzed, shaped, and developed. These include, but are not limited to, connectivity, microservices, databases, API infrastructure, and data lakes. A key role is played in the entire application development cycle, from analysis to development and release. This position offers an excellent opportunity to learn and grow as a developer within a supportive and collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Work in a cross-functional team to deliver data driven digital solutions from specification through implementation and deployment (CICD).
- Collaborate with the development team to implement software solutions with attention to security, stability, usability, efficiency, and performance.
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that meets the project requirements.
- Develop deeper understanding of programming concepts, architectures, and technologies.
- Assist in testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and software upgrades to validate functionality and ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Create and maintain up-to-date documentation of code, (non-)functional application requirements, business processes, workflows, systems architecture, features and user guides ensuring that relevant information is easily accessible.
- Stay up to date with the latest software development trends, technologies, and frameworks.
- Collaborate effectively within an agile team environment, actively participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospecti
- Communicate daily work, challenges, and solutions, share ideas and receive feedback constructively with team members.
- Play a pro-active role in beta testing and market introduction of sciORIAN™.
Qualifications
- Bachelor or Master's degree in Information Technology, Electronics-ICT, Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable relevant.
- 4 years of experience in software development.
Essential Skills & Expirience
- Strong analytical skills (critical thinking, data analysis, research, communication, problem solving).
- Programming skills in back-end development (Java, Spring).
- Basic knowledge of database concepts an experience with database development (PostgreSQL, Azure Data Lake).
- Understanding of webservices, API's, communication data types and protocols (JSON, HTTP/REST, MQTT, WebSocket).
- Highly motivated, with an outgoing personality, well organized and able to work independently and in a team.
- Willing to join a strategic fast-growing solution platform at Kemin and committed to contributing to its success.
- Communicate fluently in English.
- Familiar with Agile practices (Azure DevOps).
- Basic understanding of streaming frameworks such as Akka, Java Streams, Kafka, …
- Experience with SoftwareAG’ s Cumulocity IoT platform is a plus.
- Creative, critical mind and design knowledge.
- Interested in IoT architecture - from connectivity to aggregation, analytics, and visualization layers.
- Affinity for industrial automation.
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