Java Developer

Java Developer Contract Length: 12 months Location: 60% office attendance - Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham As a Software Engineer you will develop and maintain software products that make up citizen services and contribute towards their design. You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build, and be in a position to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products. You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team focused on one or more products. Essentially they are looking for Java Devs with Spring Boot Framework, AWS Experience, Kafka, Mongo DB Roles and responsibilities • Deliver software products which make up services for our citizens to consume; • Transform business requirements into production ready code; • Ensure system robustness, resilience and stability; • Design and develop reusable libraries and services and promote reuse across the department; • Produce comprehensive suites of automated unit and integration tests to ensure code quality; • Assure there is a fit for purpose, robust automated test suite; • Assist in the development of medium-long term strategies for products; • Define version control strategies for the source code of the product; • Identify and resolve issues preventing delivery or continuation of software engineering activities; • Collaborate across teams and liaise with Principal Software Engineers and Technical Architects to investigate technical solutions; • Produce comprehensive technical documentation for wider consumption; • Carry out agreed infrastructure maintenance tasks; • Provide 3rd line support on products developed, including out of hours support as and when required; • Contribute to community discussions about best practice within Software Engineering; • Provide coaching and mentoring to Software Engineer colleagues and peers.