Candidates

You will join a software development team that uses cutting edge technology to provide applications that put the client first for online content, customer service and sales.

As a Software Developer you’ll be knowledgeable and passionate about technology, see value in established practices such as XP, TDD and BDD, have experience in CI/CD and be versed in Agile methodologies to ensure your projects succeed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop excellent quality software using agile techniques such as Test Driven Development and Pair Programming
• Take an active role in Story definition, assisting QAs and business stakeholders with Acceptance criteria
• Help the team choose the best solution and technologies for the task in hand
• Take a pro-active role with production issues and release management
• Contribute to the technical direction of the team
• Strive for continuous improvement within the team

Requirements:

• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of best of breed open source and commercial technologies
• Experience of software development for high capacity, high traffic, high availability websites/systems
• Delivery experience within an agile project is essential
• Bachelors’ degree or equivalent industry experience

Technologies / Skills Sought:

• Scala
• Java
• TDD and BDD
• RESTful web services
• SQL
• JPA / Hibernate
• Agile Best Practices
• Architectural/Integration Design Patterns
• Git
• Linux

Beneficial skills

• Spray / Play frameworks
• Spring MVC
• Javascript
• Cloud based delivery of services
• Spring Boot
• Node.js frameworks such as Angular
• Gradle
• CI Build systems (Hudson/Jenkins)
• HTML 5
• CSS 3

Behaviours sought

• A track record of getting the job done
• An enthusiasm and aptitude for learning new skills and practices
• Take pride and ownership in your work
• Good team player
• Great at communicating

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