Software Engineer - Altrincham

Cathcart Technology
Altrincham, UK
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£50,000.0 - £60,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

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

Job description

  • Work on large-scale, business-critical systems in a complex, highly regulated domain
  • Build and enhance reliable, scalable software as part of a cross-functional Scrum team
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, Test Analysts and fellow Engineers
  • Contribute ideas and challenge existing approaches
  • Help improve engineering practices across the team
  • Work within Agile and XP practices, including TDD, pairing, continuous integration and shared ownership

Technologies:

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

Requirements

  • Solid commercial Java development experience
  • Good software engineering fundamentals
  • Care about writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
  • Be comfortable contributing to production systems within an Agile environment
  • Enjoy collaborating with other Developers rather than working in isolation
  • Want to develop skills across testing, cloud technologies and modern engineering tooling
  • Be curious and willing to learn

About the company

We are partnering with a long-established technology business building modern platforms at the heart of a complex, highly regulated domain. We are hiring two Java Software Developers to join our engineering teams in a remote-first setup with office visits around once per month in South Manchester. The role offers a salary of £50,000 - £60,000 plus bonus and excellent benefits. Our environment values engineering craft, collaboration and continuous improvement, with a strong engineering culture, communities of practice, regular knowledge sharing and dedicated innovation days focused on learning and experimentation. We offer clear progression opportunities, strong investment in learning and career development, and an inclusive, sociable engineering culture with regular team and company events.

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