Elite development group - Java developer - GLASGOW
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a newly formed department within a top investment bank has been formed in order to develop common services and user interfaces that will be utilised to maintain and distribute core data such as stock and pricing information. The team has the remit to re-write the entire product suite over the next three years and is therefore looking for top development talent that can bring fresh ideas and passion to the area to create truly innovative solutions.
What makes this unique is this the fact that this department that has been set up by Developers as opposed to the typical people managers', the focus from senior managers down to graduate is on hands on development with a focus on quality and delivery, utilising practices such as TDD, continuous integration, it's the actual developers that decide what best to use, managers in this department are seen as more of a support function.
Also as there is such a heavy focus on expert development, there is a new career path from anyone wanting to stay in hands on development that can take you to the most senior level (Managing Director) in the organisation without having to become an Architect or people manager.
A secondary remit of this group is to develop software in such a way that they would be seen as role models and could coach across the organisation. The approach and tooling being utilised throughout will utilise Agile techniques and has 100% commitment from senior leaders that it will be implemented in the way the Developers see fit rather than some project manager driving this!
The department has the following set of core values and culture they work towards.
The attitude and behaviours of the candidate are more important than expertise in a particular library or framework, so if you don't tick all the boxes in the technologies listed but you are passionate about technology, willingness to learn and delivery focused then please feel free to still apply, focused and passionate individuals will get up to speed very quickly on any technology.
Skills required (essential):
- Core Java J2SE, Spring, JUnit, JMS
- Understanding of message based architectures
- RDBMS Sybase and/or DB2 is preferable, with a proficiency in writing complex SQL queries
- Unix/Linux Scripting
- Perl Scripting
- Good Problem solving and analytical skills
- Object Oriented Design and Development
- Full software development life cycle understanding
- Good software development practices
- Excellent oral and written communication skills