Backend Software Developer

About Us:

Tech Gap Solutions is part of the Tech Gap group of companies with presence in Italy, Romania and USA with a focus on developing end-to-end international IT projects.

Our focus is software development for both:

• Finance customers

• Non-profit customers

Finance Projects

The main customer for Finance-related projects is Refinitiv, one of the worldwide leaders in financial data. Tech Gap partners with Refinitiv in custom-made software development projects that aim to integrate Refinitiv data and information sources within the customer's databases. The projects require the team members to analyze and investigate complex integration techniques, to implement software architectures that must be reliable and performant, and design effective solutions that can integrate with heterogeneous data sources.

Tech Gap Solutions and Refinitiv have been working together in Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom and Germany), Switzerland and Singapore since 2011. In 2017 the partnership has been extended to the US.

Refinitiv customers that benefit from the solution designed and implemented by the Tech Gap team include:

• BAML, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch - USA

• Deutsche Bank - Germany

• Bank of Italy - Italy

• MEF, Ministry of Economy and Finance - Italy

• Banco Commercial Portuguese - Portugal

• Amundi - France

• LCH - France

• Nestle - Switzerland

• Banca Intesa Sanpaolo - Italy

• ENEL (Energy) - Italy

• ENI (Energy) - Italy

• Standard Chartered Singapore - Singapore

Non-profit Projects

The main non-profit customer is the International Traditional Knowledge Institute, USA (ITKIUS), in Tucson, Arizona. Tech Gap Solutions is leading the development of the Creative Knowledge Platform (CKP).

Promoted by UNESCO in 2010, ITKI is an initiative to gather detailed information about traditional techniques and sustainable technologies used by ancient cultures, otherwise known as Traditional Knowledge (TK). The ITKIUS was formed with the support of the University of Arizona and the City of Tucson to further the scope of the ITKI initiatives in North America.

The Creative Knowledge Platform is a project dedicated to helping Knowledge Keepers maintain their traditions. The CKP offers a variety of opportunities to express the uniqueness within each city and to implement a local model to promote its Knowledge Keepers.

The CKP is composed of websites, apps, and virtual-reality environments that engage visitors in a simulated, expanded, and extended experience, guide visitors in the city's spaces, and allow them to retain memory of the activities even after a visit.

The CKP component is now available as the TRusTTM App (search for "trusttm" in the App Store or Google Play). It supports communities of artisans and farmers in leveraging their unique Traditional and Creative Knowledge to reach one of the objectives set by the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Goal 8, "To promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all".

For more details:

ITKI US: itkius.org/

TRusTTM: trusttm.com/en/

Tech Gap Italia: en.techgap.it/

The Role:

We are currently looking for candidates to join our Software Development Team in Tucson. The candidate(s) will work in close contact with the Italian Software Development Team.

As a member of the Tech Gap Solutions team you will:

• Analyze functional and architectural requirements;

• Design software solutions to implement the required functionalities;

• Propose software tools and methodologies to achieve the goal;

• Demo the development results (full projects or part of them) to customers or colleagues.

Desired Skills

• Strong Grasp of Java (8 or above) and SQL

• Experience building with Backend Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring, or Java Enterprise

• Experience building and packaging applications: Knowing your way around Maven or Gradle to set up reliable and repeatable production-ready artifacts

• Experience with Dev Tools: Git and a code repository such as Github or Gitlab

• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills

• Exceptional team player with the ability to work in geographically distributed teams

• Proactive self-starter with a strong desire to learn

• Ability to quickly identify and prioritize issues and create solutions

Bonus Skills:

• Basic front-end development skills

• Experience with accompanying support technologies like Docker or Kubernetes

• Hands-on experience with Linux systems

Please send resume and optional cover letter to: apply@techgapsolutions

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.