Java Department Manager

We are a large, fast-growing IT outsourcing company with clear and simple processes. Currently, we are looking for a Back-end Department Manager (Java) to join our Ukrainian team.

• People management/resource (group) management — employees’ career development, performance reviews, salary management, coaching, mentorship;
• Staffing: identify candidates for opened positions, manage rotations, manage bench;
• Hiring/firing decisions, managing the interviewing process;
• Be responsible for departmental KPIs and achieving goals;
• Work with Training Center to coordinate talent development;
• Coordinate with Practice Lead and Country Manager and execute a plan to grow department capabilities;
• Assist Country Manager in representing the company in the local labor market as a subject matter expert;
• Participate in the development process, and code reviews to create robust and maintainable code.

• Java 8+, 11; Spring Framework; Spring boot, Hibernate
• MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Experience in Unit tests and related patterns
• Experience with Docker
• Experience in Cloud technologies
• GIT
• REST/Microservices

• Great leadership and organizational skills;
• 8 years of experience in the software development industry;
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a manager or team lead;
• Solid understanding of business goals and processes of a software development service company;
• Being proactive and stress-resistant;
• Solid technical experience with Java;
• Desire and ability to do administrative work and people management;
• Self-motivated and confident, results-driven;
• Experience working in a matrix organization with multiple dimensions of stakeholders;
• Ability to handle conflict situations, good negotiation and diplomatic skills;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Good skills in verbal and written English.

• Possibility to impact on business processes and built a strong Ukrainian Back-end Java department;
• 100+ technical and non-technical training to develop and expand your horizons;
• Internal meetings and conferences (we like sharing our expertise);
• English courses;
• Free medical insurance;
• Remote work option;
• 15 sick days fully compensated;
• Team sports activities, and corporate events;
• GYM compensation;
• 18 business days of paid vacation.