Software Engineer, Java, Microservice & API

Manchester
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Join us as a Software Engineer, Java, Microservice & API

This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer

You’ll be designing, producing, testing and implementing working software, working across the lifecycle of the system

Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

What you'll do

Working in a permanent feature team, you’ll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You’ll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives.

You’ll also be:

Applying Agile methods to the development of software on the backlog

Producing resilient and long-lived software and acting flexibly to cope with future needs

Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping

Designing and developing software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, using executable patterns

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with strong full stack experience in software design and implementation, including being able to exploit programming languages to solve complex problems. You’ll also need strong working experience of development and testing tools, bug tracking tools, and wikis.

You’ll bring exposure to cloud deployment, preferably on AWS, as well as experience with both relational and NoSQL databases such as Postgres and MongoDB, Kafka or MQ, or any other event-driven framework.

Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:

Expert experience of coding with Java 17 and above, with strong experience in microservices or API development using Spring Boot, and containerization using Docker, along with TDD or BDD frameworks like Cucumber or Selenium to ensure code quality

Skilled experience of using CI/CD tools, preferably GitLab or GitHub, and deploying on AWS Kubernetes clusters using Helm Charts

Proven experience in leading the implementation of programming best practices, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability, and performance

A strong understanding of DevOps and Agile methodologies, and associated toolsets like Jira or Confluence

Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work with business teams to produce pragmatic solutions that work for the business

Experience with information security policies and practices within the financial sector

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple way

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