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GFT Technologies Italia

Senior Software Engineer

Heredia, CR, 40101Posted 1 weeks ago
onsite

Job Description

Job description_

About the Role_

Design and deliver scalable, high-performance automotive software systems powering vehicle history, data services, and transaction platforms. This role focuses on Java, React, and AWS cloud-native development, supporting high-volume APIs and real-time data solutions for dealers, lenders, and partners.

A day in this role_

  • Lead development of complex features, POCs, and scalable systems.
  • Design and build Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs.
  • Develop cloud-native solutions on AWS with strong focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and monitoring solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
  • Participate in full SDLC, including design, development, deployment, and support.
  • Conduct code/design reviews and mentor junior engineers.
  • Leverage AI coding assistants to improve productivity and code quality.

 

The expertise requested_

  • 8+ years building distributed, high-volume, multi-tenant systems. FullStack development background is needed for this role. 
  • Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and API development.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS (compute, storage, containers, security, monitoring).
  • Experience with event-driven systems and messaging (SQS, Kafka, ActiveMQ).
  • Experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog) for logging, tracing, and performance optimization.
  • Front-end experience with React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL/DB2 and performance tuning.
  • Strong knowledge of Agile, SDLC, and engineering best practices.
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
  • Experience with AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or similar).
  • Ability to effectively use AI tools for code generation, testing, and refactoring while ensuring quality and security.
  • Strong understanding of validating and reviewing AI-assisted code outputs to meet enterprise standards and compliance requirements.
  • Web Design / Development
  • Responsive design / mobile-first development
  • Understanding of UI/UX principles
  • Cross-browser compatibility
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • HTML/CSS
  • Javascript
  • Jquery
  • Bootstrap
  • React  (Must have)
  • Package Mangers (npm)
  • Web Testing Tools
  • Website Performance / Optimization

 

Desired or Nice to have expertise_

  • Web security basics
  • Mobile App development

 

Our Core values are focus to inclusion and diversity, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment and will go thru a fair recruitment process regardless of their race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or disability status.

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