Location
London, Paddington (Onsite 3 days per week)

Hours
Full Time - Contract, 12 months

Salary
Competitive

About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for experienced Java developers to join our team! You will have a passion for software development and an excellent understanding of how to define and deliver solutions iteratively and collaboratively. You will be involved in all areas of delivery, with the technical gravitas to mentor and inspire the development team; playing an integral part in helping them continuously improve by sharing your own knowledge, experience and insights. You will be confident in challenging business requirements to ensure you are continuously delivering the best possible outcome, harnessing innovation and driving the adoption of new technologies to deliver business value. Your vision and ambition will contribute to shaping our online technology roadmap, influencing our future technical direction and balancing passion with precision to deliver exceptional online service and solutions for our customers. This is an initial 12 month contract that sits outside IR35. Please note, previous experience using Azure is required.

Experience
Expert understanding of Java, knowledge of other JVM languages such as Kotlin is a plus
Modern build tools including Gradle and Maven
Designing and implementing event driven/asynchronous systems using technologies such as RabbitMQ and Kafka
Experience with modern web frameworks such as Spring or JavaEE
Proficient in using GIT and other version control software
Mastery of testing and ensuring quality, performant code using techniques including TDD and BDD and technologies such as Mockito, JUnit, Gatling and Cucumber
Deploying and running cloud-based technologies using providers such as AWS, Azure or GCP with infrastructure as code techniques using tools like Ansible, Terraform or CloudFormation
Containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes
Knowledge and experience of common agile frameworks and practices, including Scrum and Kanban
Ability to work in a DevOps style and mentor a team towards it using CI/CD, automated testing, observability, monitoring and tracing
Experience working with relational (Postgres) and non-relational (DynamoDb, MongoDb) data stores and comfortable with JSON and XML technologies

About you
Passionate about software development and continuous improvement
Confident in challenging business requirements to deliver the best outcomes
Strong mentor and team player with excellent communication skills
Innovative and forward-thinking, able to influence technical direction and roadmap

Qualifications
Previous experience using Azure is essential
Relevant professional experience in Java development and cloud technologies
Experience working in agile environments and DevOps practices