Senior Consultant, German speaking

About Liferay

Liferay, Inc. is a uniquely profitable B2B enterprise software company with 1,200+ fiery-eyed employees all across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. As a renowned provider of enterprise open source technologies, we have been recognized by Gartner for empowering businesses around the world to solve complex digital challenges. Liferay Experience Cloud is an all-in-one solution that unites our Liferay DXP and cloud platform capabilities with built-in analytics and B2B commerce functionality, reducing the time to market and allowing for accelerated innovation - serving notable customers across the globe such as Airbus, US Bank, Honda, and Desjardins.

But we don't just make awesome software, we are also fueled by a greater-than-profit vision. By building a vibrant business, making technology useful, and investing in communities, we make it possible for people to reach their full potential to serve others. We give our employees five days off to volunteer at charities they're excited about, and Liferay donates 10% of our profits to charities around the world. Oh, we're also self-funded which gives us the freedom to work on whatever we think brings the most value to customers and communities in the long run!

About You and this Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Full-stack consultant with both backend and frontend experience. We are looking for a candidate that is excited about cloud technology and the solutions it can provide to our valued customers. The ideal candidate enjoys providing the solution for both our customers and partners to help them reach their full potential, and you see business needs as an opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance in the installation, configuration, implementation, and deployment of Liferay's Java-based technologies.
• Architect front-end and back-end solutions, oversee implementing features to design, and enforce best practices and conventions.
• Design and implement front-end and back-end solution architecture, mindful of reusability, maintainability, and modularity.
• Design and implement custom applications working with Liferay's low code architecture, including React, Spring Boot, etc.
• Implement and enforce enterprise (and industry) best practices and convention.
• Consult clients on the best fitting framework per client's requirements, including UX design recommendations and best approach in leveraging front-end frameworks.
• Recommend best approach in extending or overriding Liferay DXP features.
• Tune for performance in JVM, application server, and code.
• Configure Liferay DXP, app servers, web servers, JVM, to best meet the needs of clients.
• Interface directly with clients to move project forward (including, but not limited to, clarifying
  requirements, address reported issues, provide project statuses, etc.).
• Mentor and oversee less experienced team members.

As in any fast-paced, agile environment, the list above is just some of the challenging opportunities you will tackle. You'll excel if you are able to enthusiastically overcome hurdles, quickly adjust to changing priorities, and have a blast working with a crazy fun team.

Language Qualifications

• English: High Business Fluency, mandatory
• German: Native or High Business Fluency, mandatory
• French or Spanish: High Business Fluency, a plus

Required Qualifications

• Experience working within an agile software development lifecycle with testing, continuous integration and deployment (Git, Maven, Jira, Gradle, Jenkins, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of databases (MySQL, Oracle)
• Strong experience with Java, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, as well as their frameworks and tools.
• Strong in Java web development.
• Experience with Liferay Technologies.
• Experience with full SDLC including business requirements gathering, technical specifications, development, and testing.
• Has experience with and understands the methodologies and best practices employed by
  Liferay or Enterprise Software.
• Excellent prioritization, organization, and time management skills and ability to work with
  minimal supervision.
• Expert analytical and problem-solving skills coupled with very strong motivation to identify and resolve customer issues.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate complex business solution concepts clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.

Preferred Skillsets

• JS-based framework (Angular, React, Vue, Node.js etc)
• JavaScript (advanced)
• CSS (advanced)
• Java Framework (Spring, Hibernate, Struts etc)
• DevOps (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Gradle, Maven, Git etc)
• Unit and functional testing
• Database (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc)
• Webserver (Nginx, Apache)
• Docker
• Microservices frameworks and services
• External frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot)
• System security
• SDLC (FLC)
• JVM and Application Server tuning
• Code review for correctness & best practices

What We Offer

• Salary package w/ competitive benefits according to qualifications and experience
• Opportunities to take responsibility, grow professionally, and Stay Nerdy
• A positive and collaborative work culture
• Check out what employees say about us on Glassdoor
• Working at a leading open-source company

Equal Opportunities Employer - Statement

Liferay is committed to the equal treatment of all candidates, customers and employees and to fostering a culture of dignity at work. Our operating procedure provides for equal opportunities in recruitment and employment with the aim to eliminate discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or beliefs, marital or civil partnerships status, family or dependency status, disability, pregnancy and maternity or membership of a traveling community.