Lead Java Developer (London)

Who We Are: the company is a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or ‘Clubs’) so that our partners are always prioritised by a regional team close to them. This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK and Europe with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years. Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.

The Lead Product Developer plays a pivotal role in the build and delivery of remarkable products, they will champion software quality and technical vision for AND and our clients, work on large-scale projects and help the team grow in their roles.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• Proven development experience of working as a Lead Engineer in a commercial development team with an expert understanding of Java and JS (React.js) and wider experience in different tools and frameworks across the stack.
• Commercial experience working with agile methodologies.
• The ability to take clients' wider business concerns into account when making technical decisions and dealing with the challenges from stakeholders that come with this.
• Experience of implementing architecture, DevOps, performance or security and an understanding and ownership of best practice as a Lead Engineer (eg. TDD, SOLID, XP).
• Comfortable mentoring junior engineers and supporting Squad Leads, with the attributes to provide technical guidance as the most senior engineer on a project and ensuring the development team is achieving project goals and maintaining quality standards.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD practices and deployments.
• Experience of writing effective documentation and knowledge sharing.

Why join the company?

We have three values: wonder, share, and delight. These values inform how we work with clients, and our culture: what it feels like to work for AND. We believe collaboration, ambition, curiosity and fun can drive innovation by creating a better environment for problem-solving.

By joining AND, we’ll provide:

• Opportunities to work on projects with big clients and the chance to produce meaningful work that makes a difference to people’s lives.
• A “Blended Working” model, meaning you will be able to work in a range of locations from; your home, in your clubhouse, on a client, as well as just a change of scenery.
• A dedicated career scrum team, designed to help you reach your career goals and develop the skills you need to be your best self.
• An annual budget for training and upskilling, including allocated days off so you don’t have to study in your own free time.
• Monthly and quarterly team socials - on us - ranging from after work drinks, to driving experience days with your fellow club members.
• A safe environment for you to be yourself and challenge yourself.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
• 13 days per year for innovation or upskilling
• 2 days per year for volunteering
• Share scheme
• A £1000 flexifund to use on a personalised list of benefits such as Gym membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health, dental and optical cash plan
• PLUS many more

For a full list of benefits - click here.

Equal Opportunities Statement: At the company we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.