Team Skills Requirements

Core team for the technical code audit

Business analyst 

• 3+ years experience in a BA / Technical writer role with a software company or bank
• Knowledge of principles, processes, phases, and roles of application development methodologies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Skill in understanding and focusing on the client’s needs
• Ability to communicate in a clear and concise professional manner, tailored to the appropriate audience; including both verbal and written communications
• Basic Payment Domain knowledge, experience in the functional flow of payment transaction processing is a big plus

Senior Java developer

• 5+ years of experience with Java 11
• Strong experience with Spring (Core, MVC, Security, Data, Boot.)
• Experienced in REST APIs 
• Knowledge ESP;
• Experience in the financial domain.
• Knowledge of distributed transactions
• Knowledge of Docker is a plus
• RDBMS: PostgreSQL
• NoSQL: MongoDB
• Unit testing
• Integration testing using Arquillian
• Nice to have experience in the financial domain

Vue.js developer

• Experience with JavaScript and Typescript (5+ years) in web development
• Experience in developing large web applications with Vue.js (2 ver.)
• Knowledge of HTML semantics, CSS, SCSS, Tailwind
• Knowledge and experience with RESTful API, Git, Vite
• Experience with UI frameworks ElementUI
• Knowledge of best practices in web app development: Understanding of DRY, SOLID, and other principles of clean code and architecture

DevOps engineer 

• 4+ years of commercial DevOps experience
• Strong knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu especially)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, Bitbucket, etc
• Experience with databases such (PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Strong knowledge of such a deployment tool as GitLab CI or Jenkins, etc
• Strong knowledge of networks, network protocols, setup of the network elements
• Proficiency in writing scripts in bash
• Experience with different stages of software development lifecycles
• Experience working with container systems (Docker)

Nice to have:

• Strong knowledge and experience with Terraform, Ansible.
• Strong knowledge and experience of the AWS infrastructure.

React Native developer

• Experience with React Native (5+ years): deep knowledge of React Native and experience in developing cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android
• Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript: high level of expertise in JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript for developing type-safe applications
• Experience with core React Native libraries
• Experience with writing native integrations (as a plus)
• Knowledge of best practices in mobile app development: understanding of DRY, SOLID, and other principles of clean code and architecture
• Experience with setting up tools for automated app builds (Fastlane, Bitrise) and deploying them to the App Store/Google Play
• Knowledge of data security methods, encryption, API key protection, and other security practices
  

Team members that might be needed for future software development

Project manager

• 3+ years of experience in IT project management;
• Fluent English (both written and spoken);
• Experience in technology or project management field, including experience in leading or participating in projects;
• Understanding of advanced information systems, database systems and communications networks strong understanding SDLC;
• Experience in requirement analysis, effort estimating, project scheduling, risk and change management;
• Strong personality with good negotiation skills;
• Experience in problem-solving and analyzing information proactivity.

 UI/UX designer  

• Experienced in UX / UI design
• Strong experience with Principle
• Worked with projects related to fintech (preferably)
• Knows how to conduct research of the best solutions before completing a task
• Knows how to intelligently borrow the best solutions from competitors

 QA engineer (Manual)

• Experience of at least 4 years.
• Knowledge of SDLC.
• Strong knowledge of bug life cycle, and understanding of its impact on the system.
• Understanding of Testing methods and methodologies and differences.
• Knowledge of test design techniques. The ability to put them into practice.
• Understanding the work principles of the bug tracking systems.
• Work experience with API services.
• Experience in managing test documentation.
• Mobile testing experience.
• Understanding Agile Development Techniques.
• Good communication skills.

QA automation engineer 

• Experience in Automation testing 4+ years
• Agile development, test and deploy environment;
• API testing framework such as PostMan;
• XML and JSON to model test data;
• Test frameworks in a CI/CD environment (GitLab CI);
• Java development;
• SQL/NoSQL databases;
• Source code version control tools, such as Git;
• Defect tracking systems and issue tracking system, such as JIRA;
• Test management and reporting tools, such as Quality Center, Zephyr or qTest.
• English — Upper-intermediate or higher;

Nice to have :

• Docker or Kubernetes; knowledge or experience with security or penetration testing.