The EIB, the European Union’s bank, is seeking to recruit for its Group Corporate Services Directorate – Group Digital Office (GCS-GDO) – Business Solutions Department (BSD) – Risk Management & Regulatory Division (RD) – Credit Risk Unit (CR) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a (Senior) Java Solution Architect*.

This is a full time position at grade 5/6 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract. Part time arrangement (of minimum 80%) can be accommodated.

*internal benchmark: (Senior) Officer IT Applications

Panel interviews are anticipated for January 2024

Purpose

Would you like to make an impact and deliver EIB in-house developed solution? In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive the development, implementation, and maintenance of the EIB’s critical credit risk area, including supervising and coaching highly specialised external developers.

Our team is looking for a top-notch Java Architect who loves listening to our business needs, working as a team, and proactively taking the lead whenever necessary.

Our mission is to innovate and build scalable and robust software solutions that deliver a great user experience.

Join our team, propose and design technical solutions following best industry standards!

Operating Network

You will report to the Head of the Unit and work in close collaboration with the unit’s squad leaders and internal business customers.

What will you do?

• Act as thought leader in web technologies
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve complex software systems having a very good understanding of the full-stack technologies ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems
• Be in lead of best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Influence software engineering best practices within a team
• Mentor junior software engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective
• Apply and promote DevOps and Agile development practices to deliver business value on a regular basis

Qualifications

• University degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor) in computer science or related disciplines.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience as a developer mainly in Java (a combination of experience in Java and other technologies such as recent JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React) or SQL would also be considered relevant)
• At least 2 years of experience as Java solution architect
• Hands-on experience in software development lifecycle
• Experience in taking technical design decisions
• Deep understanding of DevOps
• Excellent knowledge of Agile principles, methods and practices
• Excellent knowledge of English and/or French (*), with a good knowledge of the other. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage

Competencies

Find out more about EIB core competencies here

(*) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support.

We are an equal opportunities employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, disability or neurodiversity.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Recruitment team [email protected] who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

Deadline for applications: 7^th December 2023

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