Senior Java Engineer - Fixed Term Contract

AND Digital; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company focused on digital skills is recruiting a Full Stack Java Engineer for a 6-month fixed-term contract in London. The ideal candidate should have solid experience in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS, and the ability to influence technical decisions. This role offers an opportunity to guide and support other engineers while working in a collaborative environment dedicated to digital innovation.

Qualifications

• Solid development experience in a commercial environment.
• Wider experience in different tools and frameworks.
• Experience dealing with stakeholder challenges.

Responsibilities

• Guide and support junior and mid-level engineers.
• Influence technical decisions in the team.
• Write effective documentation and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

Agile methodologies

TDD

CI/CD practices

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Full Stack Java Engineer for a 6 month fixed term contract.

Location: London.

Who We Are: AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014.

We believe our work should always make a remarkable impact for our clients. We do this through our regional offices (or ‘Clubs’) building strong relationships with our partners, so that they are always prioritised by a team within close proximity.

This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK, Europe and the USA with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years.

Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.

Qualifications

• Solid development experience working in a commercial environment, agreat understanding of Java and Spring Boot, and wider experience in different tools and frameworks and across the stack.
• AWS experience (SNS, SQS, S3, DocumentDB, etc)
• Kubernetes experience is desirable
• An enthusiasm for broadening your skillset and learning new technologies
• Commercial experience working with agile methodologies.
• Experience dealing with challenges from stakeholders on technical issues and influencing technical decisions in the team.
• Understanding and ownership of best practice as a Senior Engineer (eg. TDD, SOLID, XP)
• Experience of guiding and supporting junior and mid-level engineers.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD practices and deployments.
• Experience of writing effective documentation and knowledge sharing.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. We consider all flexible working arrangements, subject to the requirements of the role. Where reasonable adjustments are needed, we will strive to make changes to accommodate them.