Senior Java Developer

Our client is recognised internationally for its expertise in the archiving and digital preservation of valuable data across a range of industry sectors including life sciences, heritage and higher education. They are seeking a talented and self-motivated Senior Java Developer to join an Agile development team based in their Reading offices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design and implementation of cloud-scale software components to meet business requirements within a cross-functional Agile Scrum team.
• Help guide less experienced team members towards solutions.
• Ability to clearly evidence experience in building scalable micro-services
• Take responsibility for the continuous smooth operation of the software; helping to troubleshoot issues, refine and enhance existing features and enable upgrading to new versions.
• Write unit tested, documented and peer-reviewed code.
• Work with Product Managers and QA to ensure software is high quality and meets requirements.
• Work with Scrum master and participate and contribute to all Scrum ceremonies.

Skills / Experience

• Java
• Spring Framework
• Junit
• 5+ years’ experience in a role delivering software solutions to meet business requirements

Desirable

• Kubernetes

• Docker

• Microservices

• CI/CD

• Agile scrum

• Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)

• NoSQL: Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Solr

• Linux/Unix command line

• Restful APIs (JAX-RS or Spring MVC)

• Automated Testing: Selenium, Cucumber and restAssured.

• Angular UI

• Apache Kafka, RabbitMq or other JMS experience

• Keycloak, OAuth

• Maven, Gradle, Git, Jenkins