Senior Java Engineer
London
Salary: £70,000 - 80,000
Bonus: TBC
This is a hybrid role that requires 3 days a week office attendance
About the Company
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Java Engineer to be part of a highly innovative forward thinking online challenger bank start-up funded by a major fund. You will be based remotely and from our London office
You will be joining a small but experienced team building up the functionality of a bespoke best-of-breed banking technology, a single platform delivering loan issue, card issue and recovery.
We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Java Engineer who will work closely with the Java Team Lead & CTO as we scale up and modernise our business processes and tech stack.
The role includes hands-on development, mentoring other developers, driving code review processes as well as working with the CTO to define the technical architecture and integration requirements for the solution.
This is a great opportunity for a leading edge, innovative, high-class Java developer to enter the company at a time when you can make your mark on the development of the company and contribute to the quality work that has already been created.
Key Skill Requirements
The successful candidate will have :
* 5+ years commercial or similar experience
* Architected, designed, and led development of a microservices solution using Spring Boot
* Experience of Docker and AWS (ideally EventBridge & SQS)
* Experience of implementing RESTful web services
* Experience of unit testing using Junit, mocking frameworks and integration testing
* Experience of deploying into and using AWS services including VPC, EC2, RDS, API Gateway
* Experience of deploying and using industry standard development tools including Swagger, Jenkins
About You
You will have a strong desire to work in a start-up / scale-up environment with a delivery focused approach to problem solving.
You will be a born problem solver, keen to dig into the technology supporting our business and demonstrating high standards of professionalism and integrity throughout the working day.
You will be equally comfortable mentoring colleagues through technical detail as well as rolling your sleeves up and leading from the front.
Please inform us if you have a disability that will require any reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process or job role.