Your day to day responsibilities include
* Lead a team of microservices and integration engineers.
* Help drive the evolution of our microservices technology and support with the evolution of our middleware platform to keep fit for the future.
* Identify, implement or suggest changes that improve service to internal and external customers.
* Work as part of a team to lead, coach and manage the Java and integration engineering squads, to deliver quality outputs in a timely fashion, that meet the needs of stakeholders; focusing not just on what is delivered, but equally focused on how objectives are achieved.
* Apply technical and platform knowledge, make key technical decisions and build a consensus around technical direction in an agile environment.
* Evolve software engineering practices, processes and tools in a proactive manner.
* Bring experience and platform knowledge to bear on complex tasks, identifying technical risk, working with architects and developers to mitigate this risk using architecture spikes and proofs-of-concept.
To be successful you'll need to bring…
* In-depth experience of implementing java solutions across multiple areas of a typical enterprise technology.
* Experienced Agile development with a strong grasp of automation, continuous integration, test-driven development and continuous refactoring.
* Oracle cloud experience
* Practical experience in Agile development, e.g. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe.
* SOAP/ REST Web Services.
* Spring Framework, Spring Web Services, Spring MVC.
* Java 7/8, JEE, JSP.
* SQL / ESQL.
Benefits:
* 38.5 days annual leave for all colleagues (including bank holidays)
* Five extra paid well-being days per year
* A 35 hour working week
* 20 weeks paid, gender neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
* Market leading Pension
* Private Medical Insurance
* Flexible benefits including Cycle to Work, Wellness & Health Assessments and Critical Illness
* A digital-first colleague experience
* Ability to work anywhere in the UK however its important to note office work will be required around once a month from the companies hub in Glasgow, Newcastle, London or Norwich.
