Cloud Native Developer

KBC Group is a leading European financial group with a focus on providing bank-insurance products and services to retail, private banking, SME and mid-cap clients, in our core countries: Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. 

IT Management decided on a nearshore HR strategy based on 3 locations: the core internal workforce is based in Belgium, Czech Republic and in Hungary. Therefore not only our services are international, but also our teams. 

Our responsibilities range from day-to-day operation to application development and its operation. 

We are constantly expanding the Hungarian side of the team, which is why we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated new team members with junior, medior or possibly senior work experience. 

About the team 

Our team is part of the ORT Delivery to business department and provides services to the delivery teams that develop KBC apps. The team consists of Software Engineers (Dev) that work closely together with the System Engineers (Ops) located in another team. The 6 DEV engineers manage our Pallas framework. This framework is Java / Spring boot based and consists of libraries, reusable components, archetypes, a CI/CD pipeline and some runtime services. They also provide extensive Confluence documentation and support. The 5 OPS engineers in the other team are responsible for managing and maintaining our on prem cloud environment, BlueCAP, based on Kubernetes/OpenShift. All this should enable the KBC delivery teams to deliver secure software in an efficient way. 

About the job 

Together with your fellow developers you continue to build the Pallas framework. Pallas is not only kept up-to-date, but the growing group of users also constantly ask for additional functionalities. The job consists of new development, bug fixing and maintenance, writing and updating documentation. There is also a rotation system to answer questions of less experienced delivery developers. 

It is important to note that in this position you will develop less yourself and rather make modifications and improvements to our very mature framework, combined with giving support to application developers (writing documentation, creating quick starts, answering questions). 

You will be working in a strong team, consisting of senior and strong medior profiles. There is intensive collaboration within the team, both with the other software engineers and with the OPS people, the Product Owner, System Architect and Scrum Master. You will be supported by an experienced mentor who will make sure that you can start working on your first tickets as soon as possible. 

What you can expect working with us:

• You can make sure your future career is steady within our company. 
• Life-long learning and plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself. 
• Competitive salary as well as other benefits such as: 
  • 10% customizable cafeteria, 
  • annual performance-based reward, 
  • company phone with mobile internet, that you can use for private purposes as well, 
  • employee discount at the bank, 
  • Medicare
• Your English language skills won’t be worn out as you can use it on a daily basis. 
• Flexible schedule as we don’t use ‘Clock in Clock out’ system. 
• As our focus is on teamwork we consider it important to hang out in the "open office" together, but you have the option to spend three days of your working days from home. 
• We value your insight and are always open to suggestions. 
• International environment with a cheerful work atmosphere. 
• Green office in Millennium Park, equipped with: 
  • bicycle storage and showers, 
  • restaurant with panoramic views over the Danube and the National Theatre, 
  • free coffee in our community area where we hang out and play darts, and have many other dining options in the surrounding area. 

What we expect from You: 

We're looking for someone:

• with a prior, successful experience in an international context, 
• with an open and fresh view on development (end-to-end), 
• who is not discouraged by existing limitations and is always looking for solutions, 
• who is focused on quality, performance, safety and stability, 
• who is sociable and can communicate fluently and clearly in English, 
• who is willing to be on call (weekend and nights) approx. 1 time per 8 weeks. 

Your strengths:

First of all, you are able to work independently, have a passion for coding and a "we can do this" mentality to pursue the same goals of the team. Furthermore, you have a very flexible mindset and the desire to constantly learn new things. You have no problem stepping out of your comfort zone and constantly learning new technology. 

You have solid experience (at least 5 years) with: 

• Java
• Spring 
• Spring Boot  
• Very good knowledge of software development best practices 
• Microservices 
• REST APIs 

Preferably you also have experience with 

• PAAS/IAAS platforms and cloud infrastructure
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL  
• Development of front-end applications and RESTful web services, JSON, etc.
• Maven, Jenkins, Git, etc.
• Knowledge of encryption, security and authentication protocols (e.g. oAuth)
• Agile development environment (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) 

• After sending your CV in English, expect a three-round interview process, one online in English with the Belgian scrum master,  one online technical in English with the product owner and one at our office in Budapest (in Hungarian)
• An efficient selection process is important for both of us, so we try to make it as fast as possible, and even if you are not selected we will give you a detailed feedback.