Java Software Engineer

Vallum Associates; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the City of London is seeking a Java Software Engineer to lead the development of critical projects. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in backend development, strong leadership skills, and the ability to coach team members. This position involves designing scalable solutions and collaborating with various stakeholders to achieve project objectives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with a focus on Java.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in mentoring developers and reviewing code.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of critical projects while mentoring team members.
• Design and implement scalable database solutions using SQL & NoSQL.
• Own solution documentation in line with standards and policies.

Skills

Java

Kafka/Event-driven architecture

Communication skills

Coaching

Leadership

Education

Computer science or software engineering background

Tools

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

Job description

We\'re hiring a Java Software Engineer!

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates significant working knowledge of Java and related technologies and advises on design, development, and implementation.
• Leads by example, promoting an open and inclusive culture, holding responsibility for motivation, retention and performance management.
• Leads the delivery of critical projects, coaching team members to be productive with little direction; delegating and reviewing work when required.
• Leads timely design work and planning for epics, breaking them down to stories with product owners and other leads. Build and maintain microservices that are scalable and reliable.
• Collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders to establish and achieve set out objectives.
• Coach and guide the team’s developers on best practices for maintainable code with sufficient coverage of automated testing
• Design and implement database solutions in SQL & NoSQL, ensuring optimal performance, resilience, and scalability.
• Collaborate with broad range of stakeholders to establish and achieve set out objectives.
• Own solution documentation and alignment to standards, policies & strategy across emerging technology, as well as wider Group technology

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience with Kafka/Event-driven architecture
• Computer science, software engineering or relevant technical background required.
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in backend development with a track record if producing and maintaining efficient and maintainable code.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact with stakeholders across business & technology at all levels, both internally and externally
• Experience in coaching other developers; reviewing developers’ work and providing feedback.
• Vision and creativity: Ability to foresee roadblocks, conceive intelligent solutions and contribute innovative ideas, as well as manage change and ambiguity effectively and confidently.
• Leadership: Ability to lead ownership of deliverables and work with stakeholders across the business to progress and achieve the relevant goals to ensure development, deployment & delivery is successful.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• 5 or more years programming in Java
• Spring inc. Spring Boot, Spring JDBC, Spring Data, Hibernate/JPA, building REST services
• Understanding of REST API design
• Experience of deploying and maintaining applications in the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP or similar

Desirable Technical Skills

• The following skills are nice-to-have and we welcome applicants without the experience stated below.
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience in designing and maintaining microservices
• Knowledge of event-based architecture.
• Experience of working with DLT technologies

Apply now!