Principal Java Developer/ Engineer
£80,000 - £88,000
45 days holiday
Fully Remote
Are you looking to join an expanding development team for a global fintech client? There has been significant investment into growing the engineering team and this an amazing opportunity for a Principal Java Developer to be a part of something special!
About the Principal Java Developer role:
* As a Principal Java Developer, you will be responsible for the design and development of backend, service, and portal systems. As part of a dynamic and exciting development centre, you will engage with a variety of languages, frameworks, libraries, and services, while utilising state-of-the-art software techniques, including Behavioural Driven Development, and CI/CD.
* My client believe that focused and empowered teams can do great things so you'll find that they are a curious, driven, and pragmatic bunch who believe in outcomes over outputs, and we're looking for like-minded individuals to join them on their journey.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Understand partner needs, problems, and expectations and take action to address expectations through high quality, innovative solutions that deliver value to our customers.
* Improve the software development process, methodologies, and tools through applied experience, automation, and simplification.
* Collaborate with team members to ensure that deliverables are technically accurate and useful on time – we build quality into all stages of the software lifecycle, with a focus on end-user observable (and testable) system behaviors.
* Identify critical activities & tasks on projects, help with estimation and planning, ensure timely and accurate communication of status, resolution of issues, and contribute beyond assigned tasks - adjusting priorities when appropriate.
Qualifications needed for the role
* 8-10 years in a Software Engineering position.
* BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.
* An understanding of Linux or Windows development, including database design and development, as well as strong web client programming skills, including HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
* Experience in server-side product development.
* Expertise in Java
* Experience with Design Patterns, Refactoring, OO Design, and related areas.
* Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML / XSLT, SQL, database design, message-oriented-middleware, caching, and systems integration.
* Proven experience translating Business Requirements into solutions.