Full-stack Developer

Package Description

Joining Serco's amazing team offers:

• Competitive salary
• Great career opportunities
• Corporate benefits package
• International environment
• Possible hybrid work

Job Introduction

Serco is the preferred partner for European institutions and international organisations, offering ICT services and contact centre management across Europe. Our expertise extends from information systems support to consultancy under the government framework, supporting key entities such as the European Commission and Executive Agencies. As a leader in service integration and management, we ensure seamless delivery of services across various platforms, embodying our commitment to excellence in every aspect of our work.

We are hiring a Full-stack Developer for the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium, and various locations around Europe.

Key Responsibilities

• Development of front-end website.
• Development of back-end website.
• Design and development of APIs.
• Building reusable code for future use.
• Development and integration of technological components.
• Implementation of user requirements.
• Prototyping.
• Elaboration of test programs.
• Integration with other applications.
• Writing of technical documentation.
• Assistance with deployment and configuration of the system.
• Participation in meetings with the project teams.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• In-depth knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3.
• In-depth knowledge of Java 8 and Java 11; Java 17 and above would be an advantage.
• In-depth and proven knowledge of the Spring Framework.
• Good knowledge of, and experience with, JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, jQuery, React).
• In-depth knowledge of relational DBMS.
• Good knowledge of Agile principles.
• Good knowledge of design principles such as SOLID, IDEALS and CQRS; knowledge of SAGA would be an advantage.
• Good knowledge of interoperability technologies (REST, Service-Oriented Architecture, web services, message-oriented middleware, enterprise service bus).
• Knowledge of UML, particularly use case, state transition and activity diagrams.
• Ability to write clear and structured technical documentation.
• Ability to deliver business and technical presentations.
• Ability to apply high-quality standards.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing technologies used in application architecture and design.
• Proficiency in English (C1 level) is mandatory.
• Proficiency in French (B1 level) would be an advantage. 

Specific Expertise

• In-depth knowledge of, and experience with, Spring and Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, MVC, Validation, testing and Spring Security.
• In-depth knowledge of, and experience with, continuous development and continuous integration techniques, including the use of source code repositories (Git, Bitbucket) and build tools such as Maven and Gradle.
• In-depth knowledge of, and experience with, Spring Boot Test, JUnit and Mockito.
• In-depth knowledge of Angular and NPM.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, WebLogic, Tomcat and/or JBoss.
• Knowledge of REST principles.
• Knowledge of SOAP and Spring Web Services.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, Oracle (version 8 and above).
• Experience working with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Bamboo).
• Knowledge of modern security frameworks and protocols such as JWT, JWE, JWKS, OIDC and CAS would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of encryption and digital signing would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of API gateways such as WSO2, Spring Cloud Gateway or Eureka/Zuul would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker or AWS would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, MySQL (version 5 and above) would be an advantage.
• Experience with enterprise service bus technologies (e.g. Apache Camel, Apache ServiceMix, Oracle Service Bus) would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, WAI-ARIA) would be an advantage.
• Good understanding of UX design best practices, particularly responsive and mobile-first design, would be an advantage.