Principal Java Developer

Principal Java Developer/ Engineer

£80,000 – £88,000

45 days holiday

Fully Remote

Are you looking to join an expanding development team for a global fintech client? There has been significant investment into growing the engineering team and this an amazing opportunity for a Principal Java Developer to be a part of something special!

About the Principal Java Developer role:

• As a Principal Java Developer, you will be responsible for the design and development of backend, service, and portal systems. As part of a dynamic and exciting development centre, you will engage with a variety of languages, frameworks, libraries, and services, while utilising state-of-the-art software techniques, including Behavioural Driven Development, and CI/CD.
• My client believe that focused and empowered teams can do great things so you\’ll find that they are a curious, driven, and pragmatic bunch who believe in outcomes over outputs, and we\’re looking for like-minded individuals to join them on their journey.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Understand partner needs, problems, and expectations and take action to address expectations through high quality, innovative solutions that deliver value to our customers.
• Improve the software development process, methodologies, and tools through applied experience, automation, and simplification.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure that deliverables are technically accurate and useful on time – we build quality into all stages of the software lifecycle, with a focus on end-user observable (and testable) system behaviors.
• Identify critical activities & tasks on projects, help with estimation and planning, ensure timely and accurate communication of status, resolution of issues, and contribute beyond assigned tasks – adjusting priorities when appropriate.

Qualifications needed for the role

• 8-10 years in a Software Engineering position.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.
• An understanding of Linux or Windows development, including database design and development, as well as strong web client programming skills, including HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Experience in server-side product development.
• Expertise in Java
• Experience with Design Patterns, Refactoring, OO Design, and related areas.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML / XSLT, SQL, database design, message-oriented-middleware, caching, and systems integration.
• Proven experience translating Business Requirements into solutions.