Senior Java Developer

Join our diverse team of talented software developers, helping to direct mission-critical applications for global Enterprise-level clients. With projects spanning fintech, media, education, renewable energy, insurance and banking, you can enjoy challenge and variety in equal measure. As a growing business, there’s a wealth of opportunity here to quickly develop your already impressive technical career to the next level. If you’re an inspirational team player with a passion for code and eager to progress, this is an ideal opportunity for both professional and personal development.

As a role model and mentor to the technical team, you’ll provide direction and expertise in the full software development lifecycle, through design, documentation and development. Your understanding of the trade-offs between technical and product needs will lead to effective solutions, satisfying objectives from both sides. Strategic and solutions-oriented, you’ll set short to medium term direction, always looking ahead to identify areas of greatest need and create plans to improve them.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Write well designed, testable, efficient and reusable object-oriented code

• Use your initiative to identify and solve important problems, coordinating with others on cross-cutting technical issues

• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review

You’ll be technically proficient, with at least 7 years of proven experience in managing IT projects plus a BSC in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field. Ideally having developed and maintained complex and scalable Java web applications within an Agile environment, you’ll be an independent self-starter, adept at research, analysis, and decision making.

In terms of technologies and programmes, you’ll have a good knowledge of:

• Spring Security, OAuth 2.0, OpenID

• Java Core, Spring, SQL, ORM, JUnit

• OOP, SOLID principles

• RESTful services, Web services

You’ll also have experience of:

• GIT

• Bitbucket/GitHub

• Bamboo/Jenkins

• Jira

• Confluence

• Maven/Gradle

An understanding of microservice architecture; Spring Boot; AWS or other cloud provider; Docker; and/or NoSQL databases would be an advantage.

Advanced written and spoken English communication skills are a must.

As a member of our ever-growing team, you'll get the opportunity to work alongside and mentor colleagues at all stages of their careers, in all technical disciplines, with a range of technologies, clients and delivery partners. Variety is never in short supply, and we strive to bring you the best opportunities to learn from and showcase your skills.

We believe that your growth expands beyond your discipline, so we focus on both your personal and professional goals. Via a technical careers map, soft skills programme and 360-degree feedback loops, you’ll have ample opportunity to understand your performance and how best to grow your career, your way.

And with a close-knit and sociable team (for those who want it), we promise there’s always fun to be enjoyed along the way!

We’re award-winning specialists in technical strategy, application development, and application management support services. Our teams successfully build, enhance, integrate systems, upgrade platforms, and deliver multi-faceted digital projects, for clients globally.

With offices in Leeds, UK, Cluj-Napoca, and Iasi, Romania, we cover a broad remit of industries from media to education and finance to renewable energy (and everything in between) – there is endless opportunity to learn, grow and shape your career.

Committed to being a leader in the technical services industry, we’re united by our passion to make a difference, and shape the future of technology.