Senior Full-Stack consultant with both backend and frontend experience

About You and this Role

The Middle-East is one of our fastest growing markets and we're looking to hire our first person in Jordan remotely as a technical specialist who can wear multiple hats. You are someone who can solve some of the most complex technical challenges during customer implementations and also help mentor other Consultants or Partners on the best way to deliver Liferay projects. 

You are an enthusiastic Senior full-stack consultant with both backend and frontend experience. You are excited about technology and solutions that drive value for customers and have the ability to ask the right questions to efficiently build that right solution.

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
• Travel across Middle-East: 50%
• 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
• Arabic: Native or High Business Fluency, mandatory

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.
• Some travel to client sites or Liferay offices in Dubai, KSA, etc. 

Preferred Skillsets

• JS-based framework (Angular, React, Vue, etc)
• JavaScript (advanced)
• CSS (advanced)
• Java Framework (Spring, OSGi, Hibernate, Struts etc)
• DevOps (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Gradle, Maven, Git etc)
• Unit and functional testing
• Database (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc)
• Webserver (Nginx, Apache)
• Advanced knowledge of containerization, orchestration, and related virtualization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)  
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Solr, other search integration
• Microservices frameworks and services
• Strong experience with enterprise security and identity management systems
• 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
• 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.

• Work within a company with a solid track record of success
• Great work environment
• Excellent career development opportunities