EY DET-Backend Java Engineer-GDSF02 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

203081701

Experience 6-10 years for Java candidates

• Candidate (at least Senior Level) – must know the rationale/reason behind a particular architecture/technology choices. Example –
• Java 11 knowledge – in and out
• Vert.x or Spring 5 based Reactive programming
• Couchbase is an added advantage
• Why using Postgres and not MariaDB/MySQL (one reason could be enterprise unavailability)
• Why using Kafka – can we solve that same problem with other messaging queues?
• Clean code principle
• KISS (Keep it simple and stupid) – why it can be a choice while designing a complex system
• Debugging do’s and don’ts
• SOLID principle – specially Liskov’s substitution principle – How it can be a game changer

Key requirements

• Amex requires development engineering resources in both UK and India
• The project scope is Tokenization and entails migration of 2 services and associated data to India.
• The target environment is Hydra Cloud
• Amex needs to staff one (1) scrum team in UK and two (2) scrum teams in India. There will be 7 engineers in each team. So, a total of 21 engineers.
• Key tech skills
  • Java 11 knowledge – in and out
  • Vert.x or Spring 5 based Reactive programming.
  • Couchbase is an advantage.
  • Postgres
  • Kafka
• Experience in high availability, scalable systems will be a plus.
• Amex’s UK requires the team to work 3 days a week on site. The India team allows 100% remote work.
• Amex will conduct only one round of interview. The interview will be a one-hour condensed conversation that covers technical and non-technical skills.
• Amex expects to have the team finalized by mid-March.

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