Senior Software Engineer (Front-end Development) – REF 4005

We are looking for a talented software professional to join our state-of-the-art Research and Development Center in Colombo. Our client is an industry leading provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions for optimizing customer experience at face-to-face customer touch points and collecting customer insights across a spectrum of customer interactions. The client has a global footprint and operates in over 100 countries. The core operation is based in Sweden.

REQUIREMENTS

• Hold a Degree in Computer Science from a recognized university 
• 3+ years of experience with Front-end/web development
• Expert level knowledge of vanilla JavaScript / TypeScript / HTML5 / CSS3
• Strong knowledge and experience of JS frameworks (e.g: Angular / Vue.js / React)
• Very good knowledge and experience with CSS preprocessors (e.g: Sass, LESS, Stylus, PostCSS)
• Good knowledge and experience in RxJS-powered state management patterns + libraries or Vuex
• Experience with task runners such as gulp.js / Grunt
• Experience in cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure 
• Passion for developing modern and contemporary web applications 
• Ability to perform a lead developer role and drive front-end development
• Excellent understanding of front-end development standards and best practices
• Structured and analytical with a focus on achieving results and solving problems
• High attention to detail and a methodical approach to work
• Familiarity with Agile Software Development (Scrum) 
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate fluently in English (spoken and written)

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with client’s product management, and UX design teams
• Plan and estimate for development tasks for user stories
• Develop new functionality and carryout improvements
• Demonstrate completed functionality through sprint reviews as per DoD  

This job is ideal for those who enjoy working in a fast-paced international environment. If you are a team player with a positive attitude, committed to meeting delivery deadlines in globally distributed research & development projects, apply today!

Tech Lead/Senior Tech Lead – REF 2401

We are looking for a talented software professional to join our Research and Development center in Colombo. You will lead a team of software professionals to architect, design, develop, test and maintain one of our products serving the hospitality industry. This is a very exciting opportunity for someone who wishes to work with the latest technologies in a very dynamic and rapidly expanding domain.

Compulsory requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or an equivalent qualification from a recognised university
• At least 7 years of experience in software development
• At least 3 years of experience in leading teams technically, architecting and designing complex systems
• Proficient experience in Java, Node.js or similar technology for backend development
• Proficient experience in React, Java script or similar technologies for frontend development
• Proficient experience in databases such as mysql, mongoDB, Redis or similar
• Proficient experience in micro services-based architectures
• Proficient experience in SCRUM or similar Agile methods
• Proficient experience in continuous integration and associated technologies such as Jira, Jenkins or similar
• Proficient experience in test automation
• Proficient experience in industry standard best development practices
• Experience in AWS or other cloud platforms
• Experience in Docker
• Experience in Kubernetes, Helm, Istio is desirable

Responsibilities

• Work with a highly passionate team which consists of software engineers, PO and BA
• Technically lead the team to deliver on time with high quality, consistently
• Mentor engineers, work with BA/PO on project planning and make sure best industry practices are consistently followed

We offer a flexible working environment and an attractive remuneration package. If you are a team player with a positive attitude, committed to meeting delivery deadlines, apply today!

Senior DevOps Engineer - REF 1037

Be a member of a team managing hybrid data center infrastructure (Azure DevOps/VMWare) used by software professionals engaged with the development of Healthcare Solutions in collaboration with our client’s R&D organization in Norway.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build, maintain and monitor CI/CD pipeline and all deployments up to production
• Design and automate deployment models
• Monitor existing pipelines, infrastructure and applications in various environments
• Ensure DevOps transformation across the Dev/QA/Ops and other teams
• Evolve existing systems and transition into a global Azure hybrid cloud environment
• Research automation related technologies

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

• Hold a Software Engineering or related degree from a recognized university
• 3+ years of related work experience
• Experience working with Cloud platforms (Azure, etc.)
• Experience working with Server/Datacenter environments (Server, Storage, Networking)
• Experience working with containerization technologies and platforms (Docker)
• Experience in Windows Server administration, troubleshooting and scripting
• Experience in Linux, UNIX administration, troubleshooting and scripting
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience using configuring, customizing, monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus etc.)
• Experience using Configuration management tools (Ansible, etc)
• Good knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery techniques
• Good understanding of version control systems (Git etc.)
• Good understanding of build tools (such as MSbuild, npm for java-script etc.)
• Good understanding of networking concepts and network protocols

If you are a team player with a proactive attitude and the diligence to get things done in globally distributed research & development environment, apply today!

Senior Technical Consultant - REF 2501

Be a member of a team working with a leading Swedish e-commerce company running IFS Applications 9. The customer makes extensive use of the Supply Chain, Retail and Financial solutions in IFS Applications 9.

You will be required to travel to Sweden for an initial period of 3 months together with your team to familiarise yourself with the customer’s implementation. Thereafter you would be required to travel to Sweden from time to time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop new customisations
• Troubleshoot and correct existing customisations
• Integration to other business systems that include the online platform, Astro Warehouse Management System and POS devices
• Adhere to all build and installation processes

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of experience working with IFS Applications
• Experience in one or more of the following areas of IFS Applications would be an added advantage: Supply Chain, Retail and Financials
• Very good knowledge of the IFS Applications 9 development platform and tools
• Experience developing new features/ customisations that sit seamlessly on top of IFS Applications
• Experience in troubleshooting and correcting issues in IFS Applications and customisations.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong understanding of version control systems (Git etc.)
• Excellent communication skills

If you feel you are the ideal fit for this opportunity, apply today!

Senior iOS Developer – REF 1706

We are looking for a talented software professional to join our Research and Development Center in Colombo.

Our client is one of Europe's leading technology and service providers for the transport industry. The company is behind some of the most trusted transportation brands in the Nordic region, the UK and the Netherlands. The client’s transport booking platform is used by thousands of customers and offers the best B2B platform on the market for large and small companies. The core operation is based in Sweden.

Technical Skills

• Strong skills with mobile application development for iOS platform (Swift)
• Knowledge of architectural patterns (MVP, MVVM, MVC)
• Experience with Test Automation (XCTest)
• Experience with Continuous Integration tools (Travis or similar)
• Good understanding of mobile app development standards/best practices

Requirements

• A Degree in Computer Science or an equivalent qualification
• 3+ years’ experience in developing mobile applications for iOS
• Good communication/presentation skills in English (both verbal and written)
• Ability to acquire domain knowledge and an understanding of business rules
• Familiar with agile software development practices (Scrum)
• High attention to detail, organized and a methodical approach to work

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and build good working relationships with the client’s product management/development teams
• Plan and estimate for technical design and development tasks
• Develop functionality in accordance with directions/specifications

You will be our client’s key iOS developer, taking ownership of iOS development for a platform alongside a dynamic mobile application development team. Mentoring and knowledge sharing will be a regular part of your job, as well as working with multiple iOS applications and implementing features.

If you are a team player with a proactive attitude and the diligence to get things done in globally distributed research & development environment, apply today!

Support Engineer - REF 1407

Our client, Cognite, based in Norway, is the industry leader for big data and digital transformation technologies for heavy asset industries. Their state-of-the-art cloud-based big data platform handles millions of messages per second, stores and processes petabytes of data using state of the art algorithms while providing extremely high availability and scalability.

Cognite creates applications that impact some of the biggest, most challenging industries today and we experiment with making the applications that will change the way industries operate tomorrow. Once they hit the market, they rely on technical competent Tech Service Engineers to support them. 

At Cognite Support we understand that working as a Tech Service Engineer is not just repeatedly asking “did you turn it on and off again”. We pride ourselves on being experts on all Cognite core products and services. And we don’t hide our intimate understanding of APIs, SDKs, Web & mobile applications, Cloud services, Java, C# and Python. Our team’s core focus is our customer satisfaction and we know that we can only achieve this if we work together. In short, we’re a jack-of-all-trade, we know how to talk ‘code’ and ‘customer’. 
This specific role will encompass everything from technical questions from our customers and partners to pre-release testing and developing your own support tools to make your everyday life easier. We are looking to add to our team of experts to help Cognite continue to grow globally and position themselves as experts in industrial digitalization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate on cross-team and cross-product technical issues by working with resources from other teams as needed to resolve customer issues. Constant collaboration with Reliability, Infrastructure, Security, API & SDK and Extractor engineers at different levels and technology area.
• Solve highly complex level problems involving broad, in-depth product knowledge or in-depth product specialty. These problems are technically complex, may involve writing code and will require the highest level of customer skill
• Develop specialized expertise in complex Cognite technologies. Mentor and share information improving overall knowledge via written technical articles and sample programs for our internal knowledge base.
• Write easy understandable tech notes, blog posts, and articles for our external customer-facing knowledge base
• Use trace analysis, BigQuery, Stackdriver, source code and other sophisticated debugging tools to analyze problems and develop solutions to meet the customers needs, may involve writing code.

REQUIREMENTS

• A bachelors or a master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or an equivalent qualification
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Proficient background in or are very interested in supporting or developing SaaS/API and have good knowledge in or strong interest in the monitoring of cloud IT systems
• Open-minded and cooperate well with others; share knowledge, experience, and information; support others in the pursuit of the team goals
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision in a team environment
• Produce fresh and imaginative ideas and solutions, breaking away from tradition
• Ability and interest in working with tools such as BigQuery, Stackdriver, Google Cloud console, Prometheus, Grafana, OpsGenie and Lightstep (open tracing).
• Willingness to work 24/7 shift rotation & weekends

We offer a very flexible working environment, opportunity to travel overseas, opportunity to work alongside brilliant minds and an attractive remuneration package. If you are a team player with a positive attitude, committed to meeting delivery deadlines in globally distributed research & development projects, apply today!

General Application - REF0000

We are always on the lookout for talented software professionals and graduates who wish to join our Creative family.

If you would like to join the Creative family and you believe you have what it takes, click the Apply button or simply send us your application via email to [email protected].

When applying, please make sure that you:

• Subject of your email – “General Application-the post you are applying for” (E.g. Tech Lead)
• Attach your updated CV
• Include a cover letter explaining why you would like to join Creative and how you believe you can contribute to this organisation

We look forward to hearing from you and wish you the best of luck!