At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of scalable web applications and innovative solutions using modern frameworks.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company focused on cutting-edge software development.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on continuous improvement and agile processes.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by delivering high-quality software and driving architectural discussions.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in software development with strong skills in Java, Python, and cloud services.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in delivering multi-tier, highly scalable, distributed web applications
- Deep understanding of software architecture, object-oriented design principles, and data structures
- Extensive experience in developing microservices using Java and Python
- Good experience in test-driven development and automating test cases using Java/Python
- Experience in SQL / NoSQL (Oracle, Cassandra) database design
- Demonstrated ability to be proactive, self-driven, and make practical trade-offs based on business needs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience in distributed computing frameworks like Hive/Hadoop, Apache Spark
- Experience in developing Finance or HR related applications
- Experience with cloud services: AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, S3, CloudFront, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Elastic Cache, Lambda
- Working experience with Terraform
- Experience in creating workflows for Apache Airflow
What the job involves
- As a senior technical lead, you consider yourself a platform services developer and develop innovative solutions using modern software frameworks and paradigms
- You are self-driven and a problem solver, with a strong background in building large-scale software platforms and applications
- You are execution focused and would develop a reputation for repeatedly delivering projects on time
- Design, develop and deploy scalable web applications and services, being part of everything from contributing to web technology and framework stack, to use case and data model design
- Drive architecture discussions, take ownership and responsibility over new projects, and deliver high quality software with tight timelines
- Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure the application meets compliance, security and audit requirements
- Participate in the continual improvement of engineering tools, cloud-based technologies/services, and processes
- Define and participate in agile development process, including scoping, technical design, estimation effort, coding, testing, debugging, code reviews, maintenance and support
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and demonstrate great communication skills
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Java
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Test-Driven Development
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NoSQL
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