Senior Java Developer (m/f)Location: Berlin

Join an exciting and fast-paced team as we develop and build global tools utilized globally within Springer Nature. We are currently seeing a mid-to-senior level Java Developer to join our growing team to work on a variety of core company applications.In particular the role will focus on development of Liferay and related tools.

About the role:

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Participate in global projects of varying sizes and provide input to the plan
  • Participate and support communication between various applications such as SAP, Concur travel, Google and Jive
  • Responsible for providing estimates to design and build timelines
  • Become an expert with development surrounding front-end/back-end technologies
  • Work closely with both IT and related business teams located globally
  • Regularly meet with other developers and the user community
  • Accountable for all applications developed and “pushed” in the production environment. Will be responsible for applications developed by others
  • Take direction from department senior management and works on current projects
  • Meet or exceed all task deadlines assigned
  • Develop and document programming specifications from business requirements in coordination with development team
  • Responsible for reviewing and resolving problems in a timely fashion
  • Follow the predefined development cycle for all applications
  • Perform and manage tasks independently or as part of an international or local development team
  • Perform related duties as required
  • Bachelor‘s degree in Computer Science or Math or a minimum of 4 to 6+ years working  experience developing in JAVA utilizing a Tomcat or similar stack environment
  • 3 to 5+ years of coding/designing experience in Java
  • 2 to 4+ years of coding/designing experience in Liferay Portal development with preferred previous work in Liferay Enterprise Edition (up to the current version)
  • 2 to 4+ years of hands on experience with Linux/UNIX at the command-line
  • 1 to 2+ years working with jQuery, JSON, XML, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  • A healthy work/life balance
  • Interesting and challenging work
  • A relaxed, positive environment
  • Enthusiastic, supportive colleagues
  • Further development to help you progress your career
  • Flexible hours, a 37 hour week and 30 days annual leave
  • Book discount of 15-40%