Senior Java Developers

Please note this role could be based across any of our core office locations including Manchester, Reading or Cardiff as we work in a hybrid way.

At Aldermore, we’re building a modern banking platform which will make a positive difference to people’s lives. Our tech teams are ambitious, collaborative, inquisitive and humble. We solve problems together, working in cross functional, autonomous agile teams and we encourage continuous learning. We all have an opportunity to make a difference as we move at pace, try things out and learn together. We are passionate about quality and continuous improvement but remain focused on the value our software delivers.

We’re hiring Senior Java Developers to join us at an exciting time where you’ll have significant influence in the modernisation of our tech landscape. You’ll be joining our Product function and play a senior role in building out our engineering capabilities for our Apollo Programme; one of the most significant change programmes our business has undergone. Apollo will enable the group’s strategic objectives by delivering a new, modern & progressive cloud-based banking platform that utilises data as an asset to help build a better tomorrow for our Customer, Colleagues and Shareholders. Apollo represents an agile way of working collaboratively, within multi-disciplinary teams to achieve our exciting goals. Within the programme you’ll help us set up the Java engineering capabilities, in a role which makes the most of your technical expertise and empowers you to have significant influence on our tech transformation.

What would your day look like?

• Play a senior role within one of our stream-aligned teams to deliver business value through effective software development practices.
• Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders and business analysts to help inform what we build.
• Work collaboratively within a wider team of developers, encouraging personal and team development through mentoring and sharing best practice.
• Support alignment across technology leadership, share experiences and discover improved ways of working.
• Encourage an inclusive and collaborative culture giving everyone an opportunity to make a difference and have fun.
• Ensure our software and documentation meets expected standards and best practices to support a high quality of service.
• Help evaluate new technologies and vendors to enable greater business value.

What do we expect of you?

• Significant experience in a similar role.
• Deep technical knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.
• Automated testing, unit tests, integration tests, mocking etc.
• Microservices and asynchronous messaging.
• Experience running software in the cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP).
• An interest in working in a domain driven design environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate between technical and non-technical language.

What can you expect of us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers.
• A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress.
• A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• A communicative, accessible and approachable ExCo.
• And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Let us tell you a bit more about us… We’re a nimble and ambitious financial services specialist. Backing people to go for it in life and business. We’re UK-based supporting our customers across a range of products and services. Aldermore Group was formed by bringing together two very successful businesses, Aldermore Bank and MotoNovo Finance, under the First Rand umbrella. We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike. This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

The Benefits

As you would expect, we offer a competitive basic salary and reward package, and you’ll also benefit from our commitment to investing in your professional development throughout your journey with us. Benefits vary across the business depending on the role you do, but these will give you an idea of what to expect:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Company stakeholder pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption scheme