Lead Backend Engineer - Java (Remote)

HappyFresh welcomes talent around the globe - enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere! #LI-REMOTE Grocery shopping is easy, said no one ever! Nobody likes cardio in the supermarket, looking for an empty parking bay, lining up and, God forbid, traffic jams. There is more to life than just reaching for that loaf of bread on the top shelf at the store. Enter the solution! 
We are HappyFresh, Southeast Asia’s leading grocery e-commerce company that is hell-bent on delivering a simplified life by revolutionizing how you and many households get their groceries. 
Our HappyFresh app grants access to over 400 partnered supermarkets and specialty stores that echo our cause to change the grocery shopping landscape. 
Customers can also shop from our HappyFresh Supermarket, which offers greater shopping flexibility. Enjoy express and scheduled grocery deliveries, fewer out-of-stock moments, competitive prices and more.
We hold through to 5 cultural pillars that serve as our mantra behind our day-to-day tasks and interactions with our teammates, laying the foundation for a more conducive and productive work culture. They are: Customer, Customer, Customer; Ownership and Deliver Impact; Team Player; Openness; and Self Mastery.
Beyond our strive towards solving the problem that is grocery shopping, we look to address the needs and wants of local communities and create a future where groceries will never be a problem in the modern world. 

What Will You Do

• Designing and implementing new features for our backend 
• Supporting and maintaining existing codebase 
• Writing clean, maintainable and efficient code 
• Contributing in all phases of the development life cycle in an agile environment 
• Driving continuous adoption and integration of relevant new technologies 
• PM's technical counterpart 
• Defining the technical direction for the team and work effectively in the execution of the team's goal 
• Promote a positive attitude and de-escalates conflict within the team 
• Make sure our teamwork is always back on track whenever it's left behind 
• Nurture the team culture. Customer focused; embed a customer focused culture in the team. Motivate and celebrate both big and small wins for the team, and individual team members' achievements. Fosters effective communication  within the team 
• A record of creating sweeping improvements in stability, performance, and scalability across major business-critical systems 
• Involve in people development (e.g. hiring, coaching, mentoring, etc), in order to continuously ensure the team capacity--high quality engineers with the right skill set.

What Will You Need:

• Proven working experience in Java development
• Experience with test-driven development
• Experience managing small team, 3-5 engineers
• Having an agility mindset, working previously with agile development framework are preferred
• Advanced problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one's sleeves to get the job done 

Technical Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or min 8 years working experience in Backend programming environment 
• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in the Spring Framework
• Experience in the Spring Test Framework
• Experience in Elasticsearch
• Experience in Messaging Service (Active MQ, Kafka)

What's In It for You

• HappyFit: fun exercise programs alongside professional trainers.
• HappyMind: free psychological consultation to keep your mental health on track.
• HappyBenefit: allowance for health activities and health-related items.
• LinkedIn Learning access for all courses!Discounts on grocery shopping on our HappyFresh app.
• Competitive compensation package including medical, dental, maternal insurance and more.
• No Meeting Thursday: an internal initiative for HappyFreshers to engage in deeper work task focus without distractions.
• Additional 1 day annual leave for each work anniversary.
• Birthday leave.
• Occasional celebration for team engagements.
• All-access to snacks in our pantry. Hybrid working environment with dynamic and international colleagues.

Meet, collaborate, and flex your skills alongside talented and driven problem solvers from all walks of life. We applaud a hungry-to-learn and a proactive attitude in helping other HappyFreshers within and beyond your departmental borders in their time of need. All while striving for the same goal  - to deliver a simplified life.We place safety for HappyFreshers first. Hence why, we take extensive measures to ensure you stay safe and healthy in body, mind, and soul through our various online and offline activities. Visit our career page to find out more about us.

See what it's like to work here: http://happyfresh.com/careers