Senior Software Developer / Gradle Plug-In Developer

RELEX Solutions create cutting-edge supply chain and retail planning software. Within our platforms, we have the power and potential to increase adaptability, efficiency and sustainability in the consumer goods and retail value chain. Our impact is tangible; from sustainability and eliminating waste to delighting customers and delivering great tailored tech solutions, we’re curious and passionate challenge-seekers creating the future of retail today.

Our Technology Team: 

Our Technology team enjoy a challenge. They’re hungry to learn, and don’t hesitate to ask what, why, and how. They get to work with our unique, in-house database engine to create high-quality scalable code (just imagine, thousands of stores, millions of products, and billions of rows of raw data!) Their expertise positively impacts the environment and business processes around the world; alongside international colleagues, they drive change and develop solutions that become our pioneering end product. From functional programming, machine learning and interesting algorithms, to building big data pipelines, they’re behind it all. They can work in a flexible way, remote or in-office – after all, they contribute to all our achievements, so we reward them with genuine work-life balance and access to every opportunity.

Join us as a full-time Senior Software Developer / Gradle Plug-In Developer in the Build Engineering Team under Supply Chain Optimization Solution - in Helsinki or Lisbon.

The main responsibility of the team is making developers’ life easier in general by building the pipeline of RELEX Supply chain optimization solution, enabling fast and reliable builds and pipelines. As we are currently working towards containers, the development and maintenance of the container will be the natural responsibility of the team. On top of that, the team will also be responsible for the common development tools and configurations of the monolith. 

What you will be working on: 

• Help make other developers’ lives more joyful by providing them with faster, easier-to-use, and more reliable tools and pipelines.
• Tie together all the teams’ work on our monolith product by creating a shippable product that is ready to be deployed and configured for customer needs.

What you’ll bring to the table: 

• Strong experience in the Java Ecosystem, Java software development, and Java Build Tools.
• In depth Gradle Build Tool knowledge (for example: building plug-ins on top of Gradle)
• Experience in building pipelines.
• Maintain and develop services managed by Terraform and mainly deployed to K8s.
• Drive to help others become more productive by providing easy and faster tools for them to use.
• Willingness to explore new things and deepen your knowledge in the field of DPE (Developer Productivity Engineering).

What we see as an advantage: 

• Previous experience in DPE (Developer Productivity Engineering) matters.
• Knowledge of building containers and especially running a JVM inside containers.
• Experience with building, maintaining, and optimizing GitLab pipelines.
• Experience in other JVM languages such as Scala, Groovy, Kotlin or JRuby.
• Experience with JetBrains IntelliJ Platform Plugin SDK.

Our Helsinki office

RELEXians can be found around the world, but here we’re based in Helsinki. We’re passionate about using our technology to improve sustainability and change the world. Our office provides a great space for you to socialise, exercise and even take time out in our relaxing areas. We make sure our unique approach to flexibility and work-life balance comes across loud and clear; we’re conveniently located, there’s plenty of public transport and you can even bring your pet to the office!

Across RELEX, our people are supported and rewarded.

In Finland, we go even further. As well as:
• A competitive salary
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Extensive physical and wellbeing support
• Up to 8 weeks of annual leave per year
• A true hybrid-working policy (home and office)

We also offer a range of benefits to support you, your family, and your life situation. We value your work-life balance and provide flexible hours with RELEX specific parental leave agreements. As we’re a diverse team of smart, motivated and fun people, we also have an office gym, offer a mobile phone package and bike leasing.

Are you the one we’re looking for? Apply today and become a part of our RELEX family!  

You can apply by sending your cover letter and resume through the application form as soon as possible, but no later than 21st of November 2024. Please note that we will fill this position as soon as we’ve found the right person, so we recommend that you act quickly.  

If you have questions, Sanober Masalawala ([email protected]) from our Talent Acquisition team is happy to answer them by email. Kindly note that we cannot process any applications through email.