My Financial client is looking for two Lead Java Developers

Do you have a passion for technology? Do you want to make a difference, delivering software used by some of the biggest companies in the world? Do you love working with others in a dynamic agile environment?

My client are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate Lead software engineers to join our team as we strive to deliver excellence to our customers. Quality is non-negotiable, so a good focus on code quality, unit testing and enabling automated testing is important.

Responsibilities

You will build and maintain efficient, reusable, reliable and secure code based on User Stories and software designs
Together with the Development Manager, you will provide technical leadership for individual projects
Working within a multi-functional agile team, you'll develop enterprise software, adhering to company standards and established software methodology.
Demonstrating a consistent focus on quality, you'll ensure that your team delivers reliable, robust software through the creation and execution of automated tests.
To help the teams develop and learn, you will review work of peers and more junior developers, providing advice and guidance to amplify the abilities of the team as a whole
Through a lead role in refinement and planning sessions, you will work with other team members to analyze development requirements, provide design options and complexity estimates, and agree how to deliver the requirements.

Skills required

Experienced software engineer with excellent knowledge of the Java language and underlying JVM
Strong experience with front end web technologies such as Javascript, JQuery and CSS
Understanding of security implications and secure coding
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming.
Familiar with various design patterns.
Knowledge of databases and SQL.
Understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
Skill for writing clean, readable code and reusable components
Experienced in or a strong desire to work in a formal agile software development lifecycle.
Experience of unit testing.
Understanding of HTML and XML.
Proficient using source code management tools such as Git.

Desired Skills.

Familiarity with other languages, for example Typescript and Python, and the ability to put that familiarity into practice.
Experience with RESTful interfaces
Understanding of multi-threading
Cloud technologies – particularly Azure
Experience working with Gradle/Maven
Familiar with continuous build and integration
Familiar with general testing principles and concepts – UI testing, API testing etc.