With a global user base of over 380 million, Opera is an international internet company that has expanded into product areas beyond our popular browsers. Our product portfolio includes web browsers, fin-tech solutions, news aggregation services, as well as data compression and privacy software. We are investing heavily in our fin-tech offering targeting Europe with launches expected this and next year.
Opera Sweden is looking for an ambitious developer with a passion for technology to join our fintech team in Gothenburg, Sweden. Experimenting with new technology is in our DNA and our team is constantly trying to find better ways to build quality apps. In our current project we have chosen to go with Java Spring and invested in continuous integration through Jenkins and test automation. Product quality and iteration speed are crucial to building successful products and we believe that automated testing should be a natural part of the development pipeline.
Your main focus will be:
- Implementation of the core functionality and the customer-facing features
- Implementation of backend APIs used by web and mobile client applications
- Integration with backend components built by other teams
- Integration with third-party services
- Defining the code style and best practices for backend parts of the project
- Make backend components available for monitoring and recovery infrastructure
You will be working in a team of about 10 people with an agile workflow. You will be part of design reviews, sprint planning, weekly sprints, continuous integration and delivery processes. The team is distributed over three locations but centered in Gothenburg. You will be collaborating closely with local developers; backend, product management and design in Estonia and Poland.
We expect You to have:
- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Java listed as the top 1 of the languages known
- Experience with networking REST APIs or similar
- Work experience as backend developer with Java, Spring, Spring Boot of at least 2 years
An ideal candidate has:
- Fluency in English
- 4+ years of work experience
- Experience with AWS, Jenkins, Docker
- Familiarity with Kotlin, Groovy, Python, shell scripting
- Familiarity with Java application servers
- Knowledge about theory and practice of unit tests
- Experience with GraphQL
- Good knowledge of networking principles and main protocols
We offer:
- An opportunity to experience the thrill and challenges of working in an international internet company with a huge global user base
- A flat org structure and friendly atmosphere where we learn and grow together
- A place in one of the city's most competitive mobile team
- A flexible work environment
- Great company benefits