
Software Engineer
JD Group plc2 months ago
Paris, France +3 moreSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead technical decision-making and architecture design for international core systems with high performance, availability, concurrency, security, and scalability requirements.
- Design and oversee complex system architectures while maintaining quality through hands-on coding, performance evaluation, and optimization.
- Architect and develop backend services using Java and Spring Boot and establish reusable technical frameworks.
- Build and maintain backend systems for JD.com’s international operation centres and integrate them across global infrastructure.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks involving monitorability, maintainability, grey releases, and rollback capabilities.
- Research and promote technologies and methodologies that strengthen global architectures and the team’s technical capabilities.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and improve collaboration and engineering practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of backend development experience with strong Java expertise, including JVM fundamentals, concurrency, multithreading, and performance tuning.
- Experience designing architectures for large-scale e-commerce platforms; international systems experience is preferred.
- Strong server-side architecture knowledge, including MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and distributed systems in high-availability and high-concurrency environments.
- Strong coding standards, analytical and problem-solving abilities, learning ability, and a proactive mindset.
- Demonstrated team leadership experience and effective communication skills in both Chinese and English.
- Preferred experience in large-scale e-commerce companies, supply chain, fulfillment, logistics, or marketing systems, and UK or European business operations.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, a supportive people-first culture, global projects, learning opportunities, and an inclusive work environment.
- This is an onsite role in London, UK.
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About JD Group plc
JD Gyms operates a network of low-cost fitness clubs across the UK, offering modern equipment and group exercise classes via monthly memberships. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Wigan, England, the company is owned by JD Sports Fashion plc. Its sites use equipment from multiple suppliers, including Technogym and Life Fitness, to provide broad strength and functional training options.