Senior Software Engineer (Java)

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to be responsible for contributing to the design, implementation & testing of our platform and working closely with all departments to ensure smooth delivery.

Key result areas: -

• Actively contribute to the design, implementation & testing of the platform
• Take the technical lead of new feature developments and drive them through to completion
• Software meets or exceeds published metrics and quality benchmarks
• Mentor and transfer knowledge to more junior developers
• Take responsibility for the effective resolution of issues as they arise
• Proactively contribute to the technical evolution of our products

Key Responsibilities: -

• Design & development of features and platform enhancements in adherence to PPS development standards and best practices
• Ensure good maintenance through documentation, knowledge sharing and reducing complexity
• Ensuring that agreed development processes are adhered to and that deliverables meet agreed quality standards and timescales.
• Contributing to the technical excellence of the platform
• Work as one team to ensure deliveries are on time and to a high quality - becoming T-shaped

Core Technical Skills: -

Significant Commercial Experience Of: -

• Java 8 and above
• SQL
• o Springboot, Hibernate
• Microservices & RESTful API development
• TDD & BDD
• OO analysis & design
• Agile practices
• DevOps culture and practices
• HTML, CSS & Javascript.

Experience of the following would be beneficial: -

• Clean coding, SOLID principles
• AWS services
• Junit, Web Driver, Cucumber
• XML/JSON
• System architecture and Design Patterns
• Unix & Shell Scripting
• Working with large databases
• HTML, CSS & Javascript
• Tools: SVN, Git, Ant, Maven, Tomcat, Apache, Jenkins