Remote Mexico, MexicoRelocation friendlyJavaCross Industry Solutions18/12/2024Req. VR-110484**Project description**:The primary goal of the project is the modernization, maintenance and development of an eCommerce platform for a big US-based retail company, serving millions of omnichannel customers each week.Solutions are delivered by several Product Teams focused on different domains - Customer, Loyalty, Search and Browse, Data Integration, Cart.Current overriding priorities are new brands onboarding, re-architecture, database migrations, migration of microservices to a unified cloud-native solution without any disruption to business.**Responsibilities**:We are looking for an experienced Java Developer with good understanding of search engines, who can help to perform migration of client platform:Quickly onboard to Customer's processesDevelop new features in Java and Kotlin for Spring Boot Microservices, as well as maintain existing onesImprove Personalized SearchModernize Data Ingestion for faster searching and indexingCollaborate with other teams and client to find the best solutions**Skills**:Must haveEnglishB2 or higher; Must have: Kotlin, Java Spring Boot, Gradle; Must have: Good understanding of how search engines works. Experience with Lucene based engines preferred e.G. Elasticsearch, Solr, etcMust have: Good understanding of semantics search / vector databases, embeddings and LLMsAt least 5 years of work experience including enterprise backend system design experienceStrong knowledge of Java/Kotlin languageStrong knowledge of Spring/SpringBootExperience of work with search platformsExperience with ElasticsearchExperience of development in productionFamiliarity with databases (SQL/PostgreSQL), serving static web assets, and U/UX designExperience with distributed systemsFamiliar with microservice architecture patternsFamiliar with Containers and Orchestration Systems (Kubernetes/PKS/OpenShift)Adoption of Agile and DevOps cultureStrong written and verbal communication skillsNice to haveExperience of work in distributed teams, with US customersExperience in working with Kafka/Rabbit and caching (Hazelcast/Redis)Experience in a hybrid cloud environment or willing to learn new techniques and approaches**Other**:LanguagesEnglish: B2 Upper IntermediateSenioritySenior