SENIOR JAVA SOFTWARE ENGINEER Our client is a European supplier of modern, customer-centric, SaaS software to the insurance and pension industry. Their in-depth knowledge and expertise allow them to help clients transform the way they run their day-to-day technology and operations. By implementing state-of-the-art solutions, they help companies to reduce costs, deliver new and innovative products to market fast and increase customer satisfaction. Therefore they offer best-in-class SaaS solutions, with 24/7 availability of an expert team and in a fully controlled and secured private cloud environment. We are seeking Java Software Engineers to assist in developing new functionality and enhancing their software. If you possess a knack for coding and are interested in agile methodologies, we welcome you to join one of their teams! Key about your role As a Java Software Engineer within a scrum team, you use high-quality code to solve complex puzzles. You collaborate with design engineers and test engineers to create new functionality for their customers and add internal improvements to the software. You take full responsibility for a vital part of the software with the other members of your scrum team. You strive to deliver only solid solutions by optimizing their performance, usability and testability, and you are proud of the products that you create. You analyze complex problems by actively cooperating with colleagues from various teams and find the best solution by combining different insights. As a part of a large community of fellow software engineers you are always looking for opportunities to keep improving your coding skills, and by doing so, improve their software and code base. Key about your team Your team is a modern scrum team within the Product Development department. It is the responsibility of your team to deliver a high-value, high-quality product that fits the needs of the customers. By creating and maintaining state-of-the-art software which models the insurers’ business, your team provides the best solution that supports insurance processes. They are proud to have mature and self-organizing scrum teams, that can deliver high-quality software with high reliability and take ownership of their code and processes. As part of a SaaS and customer-intimate company, they strive to constantly improve on both quality and reliability as this is of vital importance in our service to their customers. Key about your responsibilities You have experience with large technical ecosystems using Java, IntelliJ, Git, Gradle, Angular, Docker; You have experience in working with SQL and databases (DB2, PostgreSQL); You are used to creating and performing unit, system and integration tests as part of your development work; You understand the agile way of working, tools and techniques; You have an eye for writing code with attention to performance, scalability and maintainability; It’s a plus if you have experience with or interest in CICD (TeamCity, Bash, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Chef, etc.); You are passionate about your code. You love to put your strong analytical skills to the test whilst working closely together with your team. What to expect We offer a job in a dynamic, tech-savvy organisation that continues to grow in Europe. You are going to be part of a dynamic, highly energetic team that is in the middle of a big transition. Starting with a monthly gross salary between € 4,500 and € 5,700 (according to your experience) based on 40 hours per week; 8% holiday allowance of your total gross salary; A profit share (typically one month's salary) Travel reimbursement: an NS Business card or mileage allowance (€ 0.23 per km); 24 holiday days (with the option to buy extra) and 7 inclusion days, which can be exchanged with fixed Dutch national holidays, allowing you to take them when you like; A pension scheme, with the option to save extra; A comprehensive vitality offer to help you stay healthy. A one-year contract that, subject to satisfactory performance, will be converted into a permanent contract; Flexibility in working environment. As part of a hybrid working team, you will work partly from home and partly from the office. If you work in the office, a free lunch is waiting for you every day. If you work from home, you will receive a working-from-home allowance (€ 4 net per day) and an internet allowance (€ 35 net per month); The opportunity to develop yourself at their Academy through courses and training, both professionally and personally; An active and fun community. Get to know your colleagues in an informal way during one of their organized events. They also have after-work drinks at their in-house pub every Thursday.