Job description
Senior Back End Java Engineer
United Kingdom - Milton Keynes
Posted: 27/07/2023
Salary: £65K to £85K per Year
ID: 32878_BH
Milton Keynes (Hybrid, 3 days from home)
£65,000 - £85,000 DOE
The role
I am currently partnered with the number one real estate agency in the UK. They are actively seeking a highly talented and enthusiastic Senior Back End Java Engineer to join their expanding team based in Milton Keynes.
Role
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- Developing novel features and enhancements for our applications, utilizing Java, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Gradle, Hibernate, Couchbase, SQL, and Docker.
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders and the team to explore innovative approaches to intricate problems.
- Contributing to critical decisions, including prioritizing features during team sprints.
- Estimating user stories to facilitate project planning.
- Engaging in code reviews and fostering constructive discussions with fellow developers to arrive at optimal solutions.
- Exploring and advocating for the adoption of emerging technologies.
- Working in an Agile environment.
- Providing mentorship and guidance to junior engineers to cultivate their technical skills.
Required Skills / Experience
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- Possesses practical experience in commercial Java application development.
- Demonstrates outstanding problem-solving capabilities.
- Embraces the significance of testing and actively supports Test-Driven Development (TDD).
- Takes pride in delivering high-quality code and enjoys constructive debates on various solutions.
- Exhibits a keen interest in monitoring live applications' performance and user behaviour analysis.
- Has a penchant for leveraging cutting-edge technologies and seeks to enhance team efficiency.
- Demonstrates a willingness to share knowledge and insights with the broader product development team.
- Encourages curiosity and actively collaborates with peers.
- Assumes ownership and accountability for their work and the team's deliverables.
- Any familiarity with JavaScript and experience with the NetSuite platform would be advantageous.
Benefits
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- Free parking at our Milton Keynes office
- Private Medical Insurance
- Health Cash Plan for you and your family
- Free Eye Test
- Maternity - Enhanced paternity pay. Full pay for 26 weeks
- Paternity – Enhanced paternity pay. Full pay for 6 weeks and 2 weeks at statutory paternity pay
- Life Assurance – we provide life assurance 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or nominated beneficiary
- Pension – Contribute 3% or more into your pension and the company will contribute 6%
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