Java Developer - Java, Spring, Hibernate, Jenkins, Agile

Difrent; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital services provider is seeking a proactive and experienced Java Developer to join their new development center in Newcastle. This role involves interacting with clients on agile projects and delivering high-quality digital solutions. The ideal candidate has solid experience in web development with Spring frameworks, a good grasp on agile methodologies, and a passion for solving complex issues. They offer a salary range of £40,000 to £45,000 p.a., plus benefits, and a chance for career growth within the team.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in web development with Spring Boot micro services.
• Excellent understanding of agile development practices.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot large systems.

Responsibilities

• Interact with clients on agile projects.
• Deliver specific products via a multidisciplinary team.
• Write scalable, maintainable, and reusable code.

Skills

Web development with Spring MVC or Spring Boot

Spring Framework (3 and above)

Hibernate/JPA and Object-relational mapping

Build tools such as Maven, Gradle

Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins, GitLab CLI)

REST based web services development

Agile tools and methodologies (Scrum, Confluence, JIRA)

Git, BitBucket, Subversion

Testing frameworks (JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber)

AWS and Docker

Job description

Job Description

At Difrent, we have an ambitious growth plan that will see us delivering cutting edge digital services to our Healthcare, Government and Corporate clients.

We are now looking for a proactive and experienced Java Developers who write beautiful code, ideally with previous experience of working in the government digital service space, to join us at our new development centre in Newcastle.

In this role, you'll interact with our clients on one or more agile projects, typically to help deliver a specific product via a multidisciplinary, highly skilled digital team. You'll be adept at working within complex digital projects.

Java Developer -Skills and experience

• Experience of web development with spring MVC or 3+ years with Spring Boot micro services
• Excellent knowledge of Spring Framework (3 and above) and a clear understanding of dependency injection
• Good understanding of Hibernate/JPA and Object-relational mapping, including performance considerations
• Experience with build tools such as Maven, gradle
• Continuous Integration- Jenkins/Gitlab Cli
• Experience developing REST based web services
• Experience integrating systems using a wide variety of protocols like REST, SOAP, JSON and a number of others
• Proven ability to understand and troubleshoot large systems, drilling down to code level to identify the root cause of issues
• Source Code Management- Git, BitBucket, Subversion
• Experience with agile tools and methodologies (eg Scrum, Confluence, JIRA)
• Must be able to work in a team environment with minimal supervision, comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders.
• Significant experience of agile development practices - TDD, BDD, automated builds, continuous integration, tooling to monitor code quality

JavaDeveloper

• Consultancy experience
• Good knowledge and experience of testing frameworks ie Junit, Selenium, Cucumber
• Worked on AWS environment and has an understanding of Docker
• Working on enterprise search solutions like Solr
• Responsive website and micro services development
• Client website support (content, features, functionality)
• Research, vet, learn, and deploy bleeding-edge technology and best practices on an ongoing basis
• Quickly exterminate bugs
• Write scalable, maintainable, and reusable code in an agile environment
• Testing

If you re an experienced Java Developer (Back End or Full Stack) professional looking for an exciting new challenge with a company that offers genuine career progression and personal development, this is a fantastic opportunity to join us at a really exciting time!

Our team comes from a variety of backgrounds and we welcome diversity. If you're unsure, please apply!

Please note that candidates will need to apply for a DBS/criminal record check.

Location: Newcastle

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 p.a. + comprehensive benefits package