Full Stack Developer

DCV Technologies; Ringway; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and finance firm is seeking a Full Stack Developer based in the UK. This role involves working with Angular and AWS technologies in a hybrid working environment. The successful candidate will have expertise in TDD, Java, Spring Boot, and responsive web design. Responsibilities include delivering solutions and ensuring quality coding practices while interacting with business stakeholders. A strong focus on finance and asset management is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar industry is crucial.
• Strong working experience with enterprise Angular applications.
• Proficiency in Java 8+, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver new solutions based on functional specifications.
• Compliance with code and documentation standards is essential.
• Write high-quality code focused on client experience.

Skills

Finance, Wealth Management or Asset Management experience

TDD for Angular applications

Java 8+

Spring Boot

RESTful API implementation

Responsive web design with HTML5, CSS3, SCSS

AWS serverless applications

Unit testing with Jest

End-to-end automated testing with Playwright

Integration with RESTful APIs and micro-services

Quality coding practices

Monitoring tools like Splunk

Tools

Angular 12+

NodeJS

NestJs

Job description

Position: Full Stack Developer
Location: Manchester, UK (Hybrid- 2/3 days from office i.e. Tues/Wed/Thur)
Duration: 6 months contract position

The Role

• This role will involve working on leading technologies using Angular, AWS.
• The team uses agile methodologies and operates leveraging a continuous delivery pipeline.
• The projects will involve building applications related to client journeys for Transfers & Onboarding, across all products (ISA, SIPP, JISA, GA).
• The successful candidate will be a self-starter and demonstrate an aptitude for learning and problem solving, as well as a propensity for testing and documentation.
• The team will have daily interaction with the Business Product Owner and, or Business Users in the Products team, so excellent written and oral communication skills are imperative.

Your responsibilities

• Be part of a business facing IT team to deliver new solutions to the business, understand/review functional specifications and translate into program specifications, liaise with end users for user acceptance testing, and provide 3rd line support as required.
• Build thought leadership and expertise around best-practice solution design and implementation.
• Comply with defined code and documentation standards, including peer reviews.
• Have DevOps & Agile mindset with great attitude to get involved and learn.
• Take pride in writing high quality code and keeping the Client experience as central, in everything we do.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience

• Strong work experience working in a similar industry - Finance, Wealth Management or Asset Management
• Experience in TDD and working on enterprise Angular applications. Anything above Angular 12+ or similar.
• Good knowledge of Java 8+, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, RESTful API implementation and open-source frameworks.
• Good knowledge of Typescript, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS and writing responsive websites.
• Good exposure of AWS technology stacks for serverless applications, Step Functions/Workflows, Lambdas, S3 bucket, DynamoDB.
• Experience in writing unit test cases using Jest, Jasmine, improve code coverage.
• Experience in end-to-end automated testing using Playwright.
• Integration experience with RESTful APIs and micro-services.
• Strong focus on quality coding practices and improving code coverage.
• Knowledge of logging/monitoring tools like Splunk.
• Knowledge of NodeJS, NestJs and AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) will be beneficial.

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience

• Knowledge of logging/monitoring tools like Splunk.
• Ability to collaborate well with other developers, UX, business managers and operations team.
• Interest in pair programming.
• Collaborate thoughtfully on design of UX using industry best practices.
• Good understanding of the essence of agile.
• Experience with GitHub.
• Understanding of investment management domain with strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills.
• Knowledge of NodeJS, NestJs and AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) will be beneficial