Junior Java Developer

JR United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking skilled Java Engineers to join their Corporate Treasury Engineering group in Birmingham. This exciting opportunity involves maintaining and enhancing existing products to support daily operations while collaborating with diverse stakeholders. The role emphasizes core development, technical analysis, and the chance to take ownership of system design and documentation. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Java, Spring, and database technologies, along with excellent communication skills. Join this innovative firm and contribute to impactful financial solutions.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Java coding experience with a focus on scalable software delivery.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and OOP.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test new products to enhance user experiences.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Java

Spring

Hibernate

DB2

SQL

MongoDB

Microservices

SDLC

Data Structures

Algorithms

Object Oriented Programming

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in STEM

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud Application Development

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

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Insight Global is looking for Java Engineers to join a leading financial institution in Birmingham for a 1-year ongoing contract. The chosen candidate will be sitting in the Corporate Treasury Engineering group and be involved in maintaining and enhancing existing products to support the firm's daily operations by collaborating with global business users and developers. The candidate’s responsibility will participate in the design, development and testing of new products and enhancements to deliver better user experiences, more reliable services, and enhanced financial opportunities for the firm and their clients with a special focus on scale, resiliency and high availability. As such, it will give the candidate the opportunity to take ownership of the design, development, testing, and documentation of our systems. The tasks will range from analysing legacy code and migrating it in the latest versions or writing net new code based on the analysis of vulnerabilities, risk and impact found, as such 80% of the role will be core development, whilst 20% will include technical analysis. Due to the range of tasks at hand, the chosen candidate will have to be flexible and adaptable whilst able to work independently. This role will also include working with a diverse range of technical and non-technical stakeholders and as such, strong written and verbal communication are required for this role.

Must haves:

• 4+ years of experience in coding with Java and building and delivery software at scale

• Experience with Spring and Hibernate

• Experience with database technologies such as DB2, SQL, Mongo, and microservices architectures

• Strong hands-on experience with SDLC, in terms of technical analysis, design, hands-on development and release deployment

• Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis and object orientated programming

• Strong written and verbal communications skills

• Possess a degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or Degree in any STEM subject or equivalent work experience.

• Experience working with a diverse range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Plusses:

• Strong hands on experience with DB2

• Experience working in Agile environments

• Previous experience with payment systems, payment networks, financial services, or Fintech.

• Experience with Cloud application development, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, container-based deployment, monitoring/dashboard for health checks, and automated regression testing