About the role
We offer flexibility that counts - and we recognise that will look different for different people. We’ll consider a range of flexible working, and where we can we’ll make it happen. So whether it’s part time hours, job sharing or other flexible working patterns, have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are.
Why should you come and work for an IT Development department within a Building Society?
Well we’re evolving and growing. And that brings changes to everything we do. We’re taking a good look at what we do and how we can do it faster. More efficient.
We build things here. We make things better. We don’t accept the status quo. It’s the way work should be, and perhaps a little bit of whatever you want.
Where do you come in?
We want you to help us make our evolution a success. Bring your experience. Bring your passion. Bring your drive. We want it all.
What you’ll be doing:
1. Designing and developing quality software solutions
2. Challenging and improving our processes, tools and approach
3. Sharing your expertise
4. Supporting our solutions, occasionally out of hours
About you
What we’d like to see:
5. Demonstrable knowledge of and related experience within software development environment
6. Knowledge of Java/JVM based development practices
7. A clear understanding of and ability to explain the fundamentals of Java development, along with good overall engineering patterns and practises
8. Demonstrable experience and understanding of working in teams
9. Working in Agile environments, preferably SCRUM
10. Code and version control using GitHub or equivalent
11. Automated testing techniques and testing frameworks
12. Docker containerization experience
13. Kubernetes knowledge
What would be nice to have:
14. Continuous integration/deployment
15. Test driven development and/or behavior driven development
16. Database development using Microsoft SQL or Oracle PL/SQL
17. Understanding of Cloud Technologies, preferably AWS
About us
We’re proud to be a building society and we’re focused on our purpose of giving people the power to be better off through life. We’re the 2nd largest building society in the UK, the 8th largest lender, we have more than 2,600 employees and we’re still growing and protecting the interests of our members.
We’ve got a simple business model, where savers and borrowers join together to get what they need. That’s the mutual benefit – it’s the way we’ve done things since 1884 and the way we plan to keep doing things.
Diversity:
We’re building and nurturing teams where difference is valued, creating an inclusive and inspiring workplace. We think discrimination of any sort has no place in a modern society, including ours.
Diversity brings unique ideas and perspectives, helping us to deliver better performance. We’ve made clear commitments to increase gender and race diversity in our senior teams over time, and an overall ambition to improve the representation of different sexual orientations, gender identities, disability, backgrounds and thinking styles in our workforce.
Location
Hybrid