Full Stack Engineer

Q1 Technologies, Inc.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Q1 Technologies, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to design and implement scalable back-end and front-end solutions using Java Spring Boot, Spring Batch, and Angular/ReactJS. The role involves producing architecture artifacts and driving improvements across data-driven applications.

The candidate will work on APIs, RDBMS, and cloud platforms, while embracing SDLC practices and modern deployment pipelines to ensure robust code quality.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing APIs and integrations.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL performance tuning.
• Familiarity with unit testing and CI/CD processes.
• Understanding of SDLC and software development tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable back-end and front-end software solutions.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.
• Develop visualizations and reporting from large data sets for improvements.

Skills

APIs OpenAPI

RDBMS basics

JUnit testing

Multithreading

Hibernate/JPA

SQL optimization

Unix/Windows scripting

SDLC knowledge

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

CI/CD pipelines

NoSQL (MongoDB/Cassandra)

Tools

Java Spring Boot

Spring Batch

Angular/ReactJS

Job description

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and efficient back-end and front-end software solutions using Java Spring Boot, Spring Batch and Angular/ReactJS.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong background in working with APIs (especially Open API), ensuring efficient communication and integration between different systems.
• Experience working extensively with the most common RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server). Experience with unit testing tools like JUnit and integrations/continuous deployment pipelines.
• Solid knowledge of SQL queries, optimization techniques, and database configuration.
• Proficient knowledge of Multithreading and Concurrency in Java. Knowledge of ORM frameworks such as Hibernate or JPA. Proven record of providing end-user support with excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Strong infrastructure knowledge required including Unix, Windows, networking and scripting.
• Proficiency in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and developer tools utilization.
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies, with a focus on public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with unit testing tools like JUnit and integrations/continuous deployment pipelines.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.) would be a plus.