Senior Java Developer

Elavon; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in the UK is seeking an Agile Software Developer to manage end-to-end development and testing of software products. The ideal candidate will possess expert coding skills, experience in DevOps and Agile methodologies, and a strong ability to communicate within teams. Passion for software development and leadership is crucial for success in this role.

Qualifications

• At least eight years of work experience in Application Development/IT Systems Testing and team leadership.
• Creative, flexible, and willing to continuously change and improve software development processes.
• Ability to identify, resolve, and retest defects.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end development and testing of software products.
• Partner with stakeholders to refine product vision and create solutions.
• Ensure quality of the final product through manual and automated tests.

Skills

Application Development/IT Systems Testing

Expert-level Coding Skills (Java or C#)

Functional Testing

DevOps capabilities

Agile Software Development

Collaboration and communication skills

Time management skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

Eclipse IDE

Job description

The Agile Software Developer will execute true end-to-end development and testing of software products in an agile lifecycle. Partnering with key technical and business stakeholders, the agile developer will help refine the product vision, estimate and design a solution, create, purchase, or customize the requisite hardware and software to create the solution, ensure the quality of the final product through manual and automated tests, and support the new software as it is moved to production.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• At least eight years of work experience in Application Development/IT Systems Testing, and team leadership
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent work experience
• Expert-level Coding Skills (typically Java or C#), including Version Control Systems and the Eclipse IDE
• Functional Testing experience, including ability to create, maintain and execute both manual and automated tests
• DevOps capabilities - containers, cloud, automation, security, configuration management, CI/CD
• Extensive knowledge in modeling and application design and architecture
• Expert programming knowledge skills
• Expert knowledge in IT/Software quality assurance
• Expert knowledge with system/application testing tools and implementation
• Strong understanding of Information Management
• Extensive knowledge in product/vendor management and change control
• Experience in: Unit Testing (including automation and integration with CI systems) and Agile Software Development (typically Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
• Open, honest, collaborative and clear intra-team communication skills
• Entirely self-directed, can solve business problems from inception to implementation- can solve business problems without explicit direction
• Creative, flexible, and willing to continuously change, evolve, and improve software development processes
• Strong understanding of system and network architecture
• Ability to identify, resolve, and retest defects
• Expert skills in service virtualization, test case modeling, and test data management tools and processes
• Leads by example; providing support and mentoring as needed to ensure sufficient skill, knowledge and effectiveness in the development and testing process
• Demonstrated technical leadership and direction
• Demonstrated enterprise-level collaboration and system architecture design
• Demonstrated mentorship of more junior resources in technical and business topics
• Expert knowledge in CI/CD solutions, such as Jenkins and Maven
• -bility to analyze features to deliver solutions that meet business needs
• - Ability to follow policy requirements related to documentation and other processes
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong time management skills and communication/leadership skills