Senior Software Engineer (Java) – REF 6016

We are looking for talented software professionals to join our Research and Development Center in Colombo. You will be a member of a team engaged with the design and development of a cloud-based Enterprise Application Platform in collaboration with the client’s R&D organization in Sweden.

Requirements

• A Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline
• 3+ years of experience with designing and developing enterprise applications using Java EE
• Knowledge in JS frameworks, such as React or Angular would be an added advantage
• Knowledge in SCALA, microservices, Docker and JPA would be an added advantage
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Very good knowledge of OOP/ Functional programming concepts and design patterns
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL
• Very good understanding of software engineering best practices
• Very good communication skills in English (both verbal and written)
• Good understanding of agile software development practices
• High attention to detail, self-organized and a methodical approach to work

Responsibilities

• Develop required functionality within the estimated time period
• Demonstrate completed functionality in line with DoD
• Collaborate with client’s product management and application development teams
• Participate in task planning and estimation during sprint planning
• Take ownership of work and contribute to the success of the team

Candidates must be able to function as team players with a positive attitude and commitment to meet team / organizational objectives / goals. If you feel you are the ideal fit for this opportunity, apply today!

Support Engineer - REF 1407

Our client, Cognite, based in Norway, is the industry leader for big data and digital transformation technologies for heavy asset industries. Their state-of-the-art cloud-based big data platform handles millions of messages per second, stores and processes petabytes of data using state of the art algorithms while providing extremely high availability and scalability.

Cognite creates applications that impact some of the biggest, most challenging industries today and we experiment with making the applications that will change the way industries operate tomorrow. Once they hit the market, they rely on technical competent Tech Service Engineers to support them. 

At Cognite Support we understand that working as a Tech Service Engineer is not just repeatedly asking “did you turn it on and off again”. We pride ourselves on being experts on all Cognite core products and services. And we don’t hide our intimate understanding of APIs, SDKs, Web & mobile applications, Cloud services, Java, C# and Python. Our team’s core focus is our customer satisfaction and we know that we can only achieve this if we work together. In short, we’re a jack-of-all-trade, we know how to talk ‘code’ and ‘customer’. 
This specific role will encompass everything from technical questions from our customers and partners to pre-release testing and developing your own support tools to make your everyday life easier. We are looking to add to our team of experts to help Cognite continue to grow globally and position themselves as experts in industrial digitalization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate on cross-team and cross-product technical issues by working with resources from other teams as needed to resolve customer issues. Constant collaboration with Reliability, Infrastructure, Security, API & SDK and Extractor engineers at different levels and technology area.
• Solve highly complex level problems involving broad, in-depth product knowledge or in-depth product specialty. These problems are technically complex, may involve writing code and will require the highest level of customer skill
• Develop specialized expertise in complex Cognite technologies. Mentor and share information improving overall knowledge via written technical articles and sample programs for our internal knowledge base.
• Write easy understandable tech notes, blog posts, and articles for our external customer-facing knowledge base
• Use trace analysis, BigQuery, Stackdriver, source code and other sophisticated debugging tools to analyze problems and develop solutions to meet the customers needs, may involve writing code.

REQUIREMENTS

• A bachelors or a master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or an equivalent qualification
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Proficient background in or are very interested in supporting or developing SaaS/API and have good knowledge in or strong interest in the monitoring of cloud IT systems
• Open-minded and cooperate well with others; share knowledge, experience, and information; support others in the pursuit of the team goals
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision in a team environment
• Produce fresh and imaginative ideas and solutions, breaking away from tradition
• Ability and interest in working with tools such as BigQuery, Stackdriver, Google Cloud console, Prometheus, Grafana, OpsGenie and Lightstep (open tracing).
• Willingness to work 24/7 shift rotation & weekends

We offer a very flexible working environment, opportunity to travel overseas, opportunity to work alongside brilliant minds and an attractive remuneration package. If you are a team player with a positive attitude, committed to meeting delivery deadlines in globally distributed research & development projects, apply today!

SSE/ ATL (Front-end Development) – REF 1402

Out client based in Norway is the industry leader for big data and digital transformation technologies for heavy asset industries. Their state-of-the-art cloud-based big data platform handles millions of messages per second, stores and processes petabytes of data using state of the art algorithms while providing extremely high availability and scalability.

As part of the expansion of our Colombo based Research and Development centre supporting this client, we are looking for highly passionate engineers to join a new team that will be responsible for the development of a core front end toolbox library using JavaScript and React.

Compulsory requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in IT/Software Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent qualification
• At least 4+ years of experience in a similar role
• Highly experienced in writing modern Javascript
• Highly passionate about software
• Very good communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving skills
• Pragmatic about Unit testing, integration testing and end-to-end testing

Desirable Skills

• Experience in React/React Native/Redux
• Experience in google cloud platform
• Experience with Agile Software Development (Scrum/Kanban)
• Collaborative development with version control systems (Git)
• Ability to build productive work relationship with colleagues
• Good knowledge of industrial best practices
• Ability to adapt to growing client requirements
• High attention to detail, and a methodical approach to work

We offer a very flexible working environment, opportunity to travel overseas, opportunity to work alongside brilliant minds and an attractive remuneration package. If you are a team player with a positive attitude, committed to meeting delivery deadlines in globally distributed research & development projects, apply today!

General Application - REF0000

We are always on the lookout for talented software professionals and graduates who wish to join our Creative family.

If you would like to join the Creative family and you believe you have what it takes, click the Apply button or simply send us your application via email to [email protected].

When applying, please make sure that you:

• Subject of your email – “General Application-the post you are applying for” (E.g. Tech Lead)
• Attach your updated CV
• Include a cover letter explaining why you would like to join Creative and how you believe you can contribute to this organisation

We look forward to hearing from you and wish you the best of luck!