Senior Developer

Cathcart Technology
Altrincham, UK
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£60,000.0 - £70,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Continuous Integration DevOps Design of User Interfaces Scrum Methodology TypeScript Vagrant ReactJS Spring-boot
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Kubernetes Extreme Programming Terraform Serverless Computing Docker

Job description

  • Work hands-on on large-scale, business-critical systems
  • Join a cross-functional Scrum team alongside Product Managers, UX Designers, Test Analysts and fellow Engineers
  • Take ownership of features from initial idea through to production
  • Mentor other Developers and share knowledge
  • Help raise engineering standards across the team
  • Challenge existing approaches and contribute ideas
  • Influence technical direction and how the team works

Technologies:

  • AWS
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Support
  • Java
  • Serverless
  • TDD
  • XP
  • UX UI Design
  • CI/CD
  • Docker
  • Embedded
  • Kubernetes
  • React
  • Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • Terraform
  • TypeScript
  • Vagrant

Requirements

  • Strong commercial Java development experience
  • Experience delivering complex features end-to-end
  • Commitment to clean, maintainable and well-tested code
  • Experience with, or genuine interest in, TDD and XP practices
  • Enjoyment of pairing, mentoring and sharing knowledge with other Engineers
  • Comfort contributing to technical discussions and challenging existing approaches
  • Experience working within collaborative Agile engineering teams
  • Strong engineering fundamentals and ability to pick up new technologies
  • Experience with cloud-native or serverless architectures is a bonus
  • AWS experience is a bonus
  • Experience with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code is a bonus
  • Experience building scalable, secure platforms is a bonus

Benefits & conditions

We are a long-established technology business building modern platforms at the heart of a complex, highly regulated domain. We work in a remote-first setup with office visits around once per month in South Manchester, and we offer a salary of £60,000 - £70,000 plus bonus and an excellent benefits package. Our engineering culture is built around Agile and XP practices, with a strong focus on TDD, pairing, continuous integration and shared ownership. We also support communities of practice, regular knowledge sharing and dedicated innovation days focused on learning and experimentation. We offer clear progression, strong investment in learning and career development, and an inclusive, sociable engineering culture with regular team and company events.

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