Software Developer

Overview:

The UK engineering team is looking for an experienced Software Developer (Backend) to join their accomplished development team. As a software developer you must have at least 8+ years’ experience in software engineering technologies such as Java, Spring, grpc, MySQL, Tomcat and/or Apache, Linux.  JavaScript, Redis, Message Queues and AWS is a nice to have.   

• You will be a valued and important member of successful Kanban team, equally responsible for the quality of the software that's produced. 
• You will be actively supporting the team to translate the User Stories into code. 
• You will be accountable for ensuring that your tasks are owned and visible throughout the development lifecycle where your high-quality deliverables are integrated with the other artifacts in the team.
• You are expected to educate the team on new technologies, automated testing and documentation and feel proud about the team achievements.

About your responsibilities

• Work in an agile, cross functional team taking responsibility for the team deliverables and quality.
• Heavily contribute to the code base (This is a 100% hands-on code design and coding role)
• Work closely with other software engineering teams and business stakeholders to develop our internal and external web applications
• Promote good software engineering practices (e.g. test-driven development, performance in design, self-healing solutions)
• Maintain and improve development methodologies and best practice.
• Maintain an ongoing awareness of emerging developments and trends in related technology arenas that could impact current projects and influence new projects.

Required Skills and experience

• Experience of Java development tools (JDK) and technologies.
• Must have in-depth knowledge on core JAVA including new feature like LAMBDA, Concurrencies, String manipulations, Collections, Network etc.
• Experience of developing highly performant, multi-threaded algorithms and memory profiling will be an additive advantage.
• Experience in software engineering technologies such as Java, Spring, grpc, MySQL
• Experience in enterprise applications/tools like Redis, Messaging Queue, AWS services
• Strong development exposure – full knowledge and experience of development life cycle
• Must be driven and focused on problem identification and resolution
• Experience of using code management tools - ideally Git, SVN
• Experience of using TDD and/or automation tools JUnit, DBUnit and other automated test frameworks

About You

• You must be a highly creative, enthusiastic, conscientious, a detail-oriented self-starter
• Have an excellent understanding of continuous integration/delivery and test automation
• Have proven experience of working with Agile concepts and methodologies
• Have proven experience of working in teams in the successful delivery of complex, highly performing and high-quality software systems.
• Be proactive and self-sufficient individual capable of taking ownership of entire environments and any issues with them
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail is essential
• Ability to ‘take the initiative’ and to strive to improve
• Ability to plan and manage commitments

• Experience of interactive web tools (UI) development – REACT and or REDUX would be an advantage.
• Good software management skills, archiving, installing and configuring commercial and open source tools.
• Network programming with TCP, UDP, IP, SSL, Certificates

Education

• You have a University degree within Computer Science or Software Engineering and experience of Java software development.
• Ideally vocational qualifications or proven experience in Software Development and Testing