Back End Software Developer

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Back-end Software Engineer for an initial 6 month contract with potential to extend on a rate of £496/day (Outside IR35). This role will be remote working for the majority, you must be willing to come to the Glasgow office as and when required, this may include to collect equipment., Work across technical teams formed of supplier, contract and permanent resource- Develop new features in a secure way in line with industry best-practices- Provide production support and support on fixing application issues- Identifying production and non-production application defects - Train and knowledge share with colleagues- Looking ahead for future opportunities or blockers, and ensuring decisions by teams align with the technical direction - Identify operational improvements and work to ensure a stable service that can be enhanced- Anticipate and mitigate against project challenges or risks- Work with technical architects and other developers to translate architectural designs into operation

Technology knowledge - Demonstrable experience in the minimum of 4 of the below:i. Particular working experience with Java 8+ii. Experience in using Spring/Spring Boot frameworksiii. Experience in designing and developing RESTful microservices iv. Experience writing unit and integration tests v. Experience with CI/CD, including build tools (Jenkins, Groovy/Gradle, Maven, etc)vi. Experience with AWS, Docker containers & associated tooling -General knowledge - Demonstrable Experience in a minimum of three of the below practices and design patterns:i. Server-side and front-end codingii. Programming Best Practices (i.e. Clean Code, SOLID, etc.)iii. Are familiar with good continuous integration and continuous delivery principlesiv. Experience of microservice design patterns -Demonstrable Experience in a minimum of 3 of these i. bridging the gap between the technical and non-technicalii. Translate technical concepts between infrastructure, delivery management and service management so they are understood by alliii. Able to speak on behalf of technical and development teams and facilitate the relationships with indirect stakeholdersiv. Able to share knowledge and mentor (potentially non-technical) colleagues Desirable Skills:

• Proficiency in both Java (particular in Sprint Boot) and JS would be advantageous- Knowledge of multiple JS frameworks and tools (e.g. React, Angular, Vue, NodeJS, Redux, Typescript, Webpack, Jest)- Working experience with MySQL compatible DBs (MySQL, RDS, Aurora, MariaDB)- Experience with Docker/Bash/Shell Scripting If you would like to hear more about this opportun