We are seeking a highly skilled Java Team Lead to guide the team in redesigning the search ecosystem for one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms. The project involves re-platforming from an on-premises Solr-based solution to a managed Azure / Elastic service, focusing on data processing, migration, ingest, index design and performance optimizations.
The ideal candidate will have expert knowledge of full-text search engines and skills in Java, Azure and microservice architecture.
Feel free to work remotely from anywhere across Montenegro or connect with colleagues at our Herceg-Novi and Podgorica offices.

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Technologies

• Search Engine, Clouds, Microservices

• Lead the project's design and implementation, covering everything from infrastructure and architecture to UX and operations
• Drive the team in a complex technical environment
• Examine the business context of the solution and evaluate the technical approaches for their impact on operational processes
• Design and optimize data processing, migration and ingest workflows
• Develop and maintain a highly available and multi-region solution targeting four nines availability
• Ensure performance optimizations throughout the project lifecycle
• Collaborate with backend engineers, AQAs and performance QA teams to deliver high-quality resolutions
• Participate in architecture discussions and make decisions on low-level design
• Mentor and guide a team of 10-12 engineers

• 5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering
• Production experience with Elasticsearch
• Skills in analyzers, tokenizers, char/token filters and relevance tuning in full-text search engines
• Proficiency in Java, Azure and microservice architecture / patterns
• Expert knowledge of Spring framework (Core, MVC, Boot)
• Background in microservice architecture
• Understanding of clean code principles and practices
• Competency in Event-driven architecture and applications design
• Good spoken and written English

• Certifications in Java or Azure technologies
• Skills in contributing to open-source projects
• Experience in e-commerce platforms

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• Hybrid Setup.The flexibility to work from any location in Montenegro, whether it's your home or our dynamic offices
• Other Benefits. Corporate health insurance and the possibility of buying private health insurance for the family at a corporate price