Lead Java Developer in Croydon

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Java Developer to join our team and work on a large-scale public sector program. This unique development opportunity involves creating and implementing solutions for our portfolio of biometric products, supporting live systems, and diagnosing incidents. You will be part of a collaborative team that prides itself on engineering the best possible Java code. We offer a dynamic environment with opportunities for personal growth and a commitment to developing innovative solutions for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement solutions for biometric products
• Support live systems and diagnose incidents
• Collaborate with the team to ensure high-quality Java code
• Manage and build relationships with teams, relevant stakeholders, and third-party sub-contractors utilizing effective governance mechanisms
• Drive outcomes and business value, coordinating activities across teams to establish the pace of delivery

Technologies

• AWS
• ActiveMQ
• Atlassian
• Azure
• Bootstrap
• Cloud
• CloudWatch
• Docker
• EC2
• Git
• Hibernate
• Support
• JPA
• JUnit
• Java
• Jenkins
• Linux
• Maven
• PostgreSQL
• REST
• SOAP
• SQL
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• TDD
• Web
• microservices
• Angular
• BPMN
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Grafana
• Kanban
• NodeJS
• Postfix

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of hands-on experience with large-scale Spring-based Java projects
• Experience supporting live systems and diagnosing incidents
• Experience in large-scale integration projects involving microservices, messaging, web services, and distributed systems
• Experience with web services (SOAP and RESTful)
• Experience with containerization (Docker)
• Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, Powermock, JMock, DBUnit, TestContainers
• Experience connecting processes across several systems with message brokers like ActiveMQ
• Experience with Continuous Integration methodologies: Maven, GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Stash Repository
• Experience developing in a Linux development environment
• Experience working with a suite of Atlassian products
• Experience working with open-source database management systems like PostgreSQL
• Experience working with AWS services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, KMS, Cloudwatch)
• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities
• AWS or Azure certification, or willingness to attain the certification
• Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, with a high degree of attention to detail
• The right to live and work in the UK, be a British national (ideally not dual nationality), and have lived in the UK to obtain SC clearance