Software Engineer

About Liferay

Liferay is a uniquely profitable B2B enterprise software company with 1,000+ 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’s all-in-one platform unites Liferay DXP with our cloud platform capabilities, built-in analytics, and commerce functionality, reducing time to market and accelerating innovation. Our customer roster includes global companies 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. This commitment extends beyond our product; 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

Are you passionate about software development, and do you feel proud when you help create a product used by many people? Do you enjoy working in a multidisciplinary and diverse team? Always wanted to live an experience working in an open source company? At Liferay you will have the opportunity to experience it all!

If you identify with the profile, and think you have a good fit with this position, apply and come talk to us!

Key Objectives

• Work in a long-term software product delivering the best possible solution and iterating them.
• Autonomously, implement new features of moderate complexity and fix bugs;
• Write quality code according to Liferay's pre-established standards;
• Participate in peer review processes, growing along with your teammates. Suggest improvements and be humble enough to accept suggestions. Everyone learns from everyone, no matter how brilliant you are.
• Autonomously implement unit and integration tests to cover the test scenarios required in the functionalities;
• Working in a cross-functional team, and collaborating with other departments (Design, Project Management and Product Management) to bring great interactions to life

Required Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Java, SQL, and ORM frameworks
• Familiarity with frontend integration (JSP/Freemarker, JS/React).
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative workflows (PRs, rebases, code reviews).
• Experience in JUnit;
• Proficiency in technical English. Being able to discuss a feature or bug in English, in addition to writing and reading technical documentation;
• Work well in a team;
• Be proactive, motivated by new challenges, and able to learn quickly;
• Good communication skills, both oral and written;
• Be proactive in proposing improvements to identified problems;
• Be humble to accept suggestions from other team members.
• Reside or be willing to move to Recife;
• Be proactive, motivated and learn fast.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of design patterns;
• Frontend knowledge (at least one framework);
• Experience with Liferay DXP 7.x
• Knowledge of Docker and containerized development.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

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
• 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.

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