About the Role

The Full Stack Java Developer is a key role in a development team being capable of integrating UI elements of a change, defining well thought-out and maintainable business logic, integrating with API calls to other applications and ensuring the back end data storage is reliable, secure and performant. They work alongside Developers in other technologies to ensure changes to the applications for each project are delivered successfully for the Close Brothers Premium business. 

Premium Finance recruit the top candidates in their field and are looking for Principle or Lead Developers; those who can drive our software solutions forward on the latest technology and architecture. If you have established and wide-spread experience in leading new thinking, new design and new strategy then apply. You will have the opportunity to transform the Premium platform into the next generation within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities: 

Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software development
Provides technical consultancy on the solutions that could be possible for the overall change
Drives software construction activities and ensures the changes fit into the overall delivery
Adopts and adapts appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques
Leads thinking on technical topics and industry trends
Contributes to the estimation model and ongoing estimations for projects and within sprints
Authors high-level designs to bridge between Architectural solutions and detailed specifications
Designs the detailed specification of software changes and documents these on Confluence
Reverse engineers and refactors existing code where required as well as innovating new solutions
Codes the defined changes into the application according to predefined standards
Utilises appropriate tooling and analytics to ensure coding is efficient and well-engineered
Ensures that all changes are recorded under version control

About you

Skills and Experience: 

Technical experience of multiple languages, libraries and frameworks - being T-shaped with both breadth and specialism
Extensive experience with secure coding practices and leading thinking for a team, especially introducing new secure standards
Leadership experience of defining development best practices to include peer reviews, processes and version control systems
Designing and developing changes for corporate enterprises that consider the range of elements available to modern web-enabled and responsive applications
Extensive experience in working collaboratively, leading co-ordination among cross-functional teams and the ability to work effectively within organisational differences and priorities
Expert communication and analytical skills; including thought leadership and solution challenge, improvement and pioneering
Ability to work effectively independently or in a team environment
Extensive experience with OO design and development of Java 8 SE and EE
Distributed Multi-threaded Enterprise applications using the Spring framework
Experienced with web-based applications using microservices, API, SOA, n-tier
Web: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, Servlets, JSP, Ajax, JSTL, JSON, JQuery
Interfaces: XML, XSLT, JAXP and Web services (SOAP and REST)
Automated unit testing: Junit, Power mock, Mockito, Mocha
Databases: Expert level experience with Oracle PL/SQL and MongoDB
Servers: Linux scripting, Tomcat configuration
CI/CD and delivery pipeline implementation: GIT, Maven, Gradle, Artifactory, Jenkins 

Education and Qualifications: 

Essential

Degree level qualification in Computer Science or equivalent

Desirable

Java, JavaScript or other core technology certification
Agile certification
Cloud technology certification
ITIL foundation certification

Rewards and Benefits

At Close Brothers we recognise the value of a work life balance, and have put 

together a benefits package that reflects this.

Discretionary Annual Bonus
Pension – Group Stakeholder Pension Plan provided by Friends Life; 5.3% employee and 10% employer contribution
Life assurance – 4 times annual salary
Private Medical Insurance
Annual Leave – minimum of 25 days as standard with the opportunity to buy up to 5 days’ additional annual leave every March
Plus further benefits including competitive family friendly offering , information available upon request

•  Writing mechanical and electrical integration procedures and functional verification procedures; 

• Mechanical integration of thermal equipment; 

• Electrical integration of equipment, verification and connection of harnesses; 

• Functional verification, using a test bench; 

• Monitoring compliance with installation rules and document monitoring.

• System Engineering, ideally within Space or Aerospace industry; 

• Installation & Integration Processes, Performance Tests, Verification/Validation 

• Experience with requirement management tools (e.g. DOORS) 

• Matlab / Simulink

Java Developer

London (WFH)

Role overview

Experian Business Information (BI) is seeking an Java developer to join one of our agile Product Development teams. We create products that help businesses make the best decisions such as ‘Should I lend money to this business’ or ‘Which of my customers are likely to be laundering money’ or simply ‘Which business would be most interested in my services’.

Our products use the latest data streaming technology (Kafka/Kafka streams), cloud computing and are served to clients using both batch, real time streaming and API.

This position is permanent and we are seeking someone who can travel to the offices 2 days a week, with the other 3 days working from home. 

As an Experian employee, you can do the work you love, be yourself, and make an impact in the lives of millions. Our commitments to diversity and inclusion, team culture and the spaces where we work all reflect our mission to unlocking the power of data and technology to make a positive difference to our society and communities.

What you will do

•             Collaborate with developers, product owners, and analysts to plan, design and create creative solutions

•             Be a valued member of an autonomous, multi-functional agile team

•             Help write clear, maintainable code that will scale across a number of projects and distributed development teams

•             Design and build efficient and reusable applications

Your skills

•             Java (8+) commercial experience

•             Experience with the full SDLC including CICD practices

•             Strong practical understanding of clean coding practices and OOP principles

•             Comfortable sharing knowledge and in being able to ask for and receive assistance

•             Proactively seek to develop your own skills and technical expertise

•             Experienced and comfortable working within a close team with daily communication

•             Apache Kafka (Nice to have)

•             Stream processing, ideally Kafka Streams (Nice to have)

Why choose us?

You will be part of a fun, innovative and growing agile team! Our culture and social scene are as important to us as our clients. We believe work should be enjoyable, challenging and rewarding!

From collaborative workspaces and mindfulness classes to working from home and flexible work options, we offer our people the support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.

Our colleagues’ health and wellbeing is a top priority for us, that’s why our reward, benefits and wellbeing programmes are designed so you can come to work feeling your very best self. Our benefits focus on health, money and lifestyle so you can tailor your benefits to your own personal needs. Whether it’s your physical and mental wellness, getting to work or planning for the future, we have a range of flexible options to have you covered!

We are committed to building an inclusive culture and to creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people.

Java Developer

London (WFH)

Role overview

Experian Business Information (BI) is seeking an Java developer to join one of our agile Product Development teams. We create products that help businesses make the best decisions such as ‘Should I lend money to this business’ or ‘Which of my customers are likely to be laundering money’ or simply ‘Which business would be most interested in my services’.

Our products use the latest data streaming technology (Kafka/Kafka streams), cloud computing and are served to clients using both batch, real time streaming and API.

This position is permanent and we are seeking someone who can travel to the offices 2 days a week, with the other 3 days working from home. 

As an Experian employee, you can do the work you love, be yourself, and make an impact in the lives of millions. Our commitments to diversity and inclusion, team culture and the spaces where we work all reflect our mission to unlocking the power of data and technology to make a positive difference to our society and communities.

What you will do

•             Collaborate with developers, product owners, and analysts to plan, design and create creative solutions

•             Be a valued member of an autonomous, multi-functional agile team

•             Help write clear, maintainable code that will scale across a number of projects and distributed development teams

•             Design and build efficient and reusable applications

Your skills

•             Java (8+) commercial experience

•             Experience with the full SDLC including CICD practices

•             Strong practical understanding of clean coding practices and OOP principles

•             Comfortable sharing knowledge and in being able to ask for and receive assistance

•             Proactively seek to develop your own skills and technical expertise

•             Experienced and comfortable working within a close team with daily communication

•             Apache Kafka (Nice to have)

•             Stream processing, ideally Kafka Streams (Nice to have)

Why choose us?

You will be part of a fun, innovative and growing agile team! Our culture and social scene are as important to us as our clients. We believe work should be enjoyable, challenging and rewarding!

From collaborative workspaces and mindfulness classes to working from home and flexible work options, we offer our people the support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.

Our colleagues’ health and wellbeing is a top priority for us, that’s why our reward, benefits and wellbeing programmes are designed so you can come to work feeling your very best self. Our benefits focus on health, money and lifestyle so you can tailor your benefits to your own personal needs. Whether it’s your physical and mental wellness, getting to work or planning for the future, we have a range of flexible options to have you covered!

We are committed to building an inclusive culture and to creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people.

• Core Java - low level programming understanding (low latency, multithreading)
• Electronic Trading knowledge
• Front office experience
• Understanding of financial products (Fx, Rates)
• Experience working in an agile environment