SENIOR FULL-STACK ENGINEER
The Company
We are working with a breakthrough online Mortgage Broker that has entered the market in recent years after partnering with one of the UK’s leading credit referencing agencies. Their idea is to simplify the mortgage application process by moving it online and minimising the amount of paperwork and legwork that is typically associated with getting a mortgage.
The main differentiator to their competitors is the direct credit referencing integration. This enables soft credit searching, similar to the likes of insurance/loans/credit card comparison sites. It will select specific lenders based on your credit score and match you to the best potential deals.
This growing Fin-Tech company is very well funded and is growing. Whilst out of the “Start-up” stage, they have now entered the “Scale-up” stage and are aggressively adding to all departments.
From an employment point of view, they offer flexibility and exceptional salary packages. They are looking for people who want to progress and learn. They are happy for members of the team to choose to base themselves out of their Surrey headquarters or work from home.
The Role
We are looking for someone to:
- Build and maintain robust, highly available, secure, testable systems.
- Become a valuable member of a small, highly-skilled, multi-disciplinary, agile team.
- Deliver business value in a fast-paced, continuously evolving environment.
- Contribute to all phases of the product lifecycle, from helping define requirements through to design, build, test, release & support.
- Help highlight & promote how technical solutions can drive the business forward.
Main Accountabilities
- Build and maintain the business' websites and systems to the highest possible standard
- Work collaboratively as part of an agile team to deliver business value
- Contribute to the team goals beyond developing the systems (for example, taking on additional responsibilities)
- Help design, build & maintain the underlying technical infrastructure that supports the business' systems
- Support & mentor your colleagues
- Use your full experience to help shape the future of the business and the products developed
Knowledge and expertise
- Strong experience developing Java 11+ webapps
- Experience of Spring Libraries, e.g. Core, Security
- Knowledge of relational databases & SQL operations
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases for example (MongoDB)
- Experience in designing RESTful API's and integrating with various other API protocols
- Strong experience with web libraries & frameworks, particularly TypeScript & Angular (2+)
- Experience with setup and management of Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Node, NPM, Webkit, Gulp, Grunt etc. for creating automated build systems and task runners
- Experience working with Linux servers, including basic shell commands
- Experience with one or more cloud infrastructure providers, especially AWS
- Experience working with various modern web servers such as Apache2 or NginX
- Experience writing testable code with a high degree of automated test coverage, preferably using test-driven development
- Solid experience using common Object-Oriented design patterns
- Knowledge of the importance of secure coding practices
- Able to write clear and accurate technical documentation for internal use
- Experience with Git or other similar SCM
Professional Experience
- Ability to identify and analyse user requirements
- Ability to break-down tasks and estimate levels of effort
- Good delegation and time management skills
- Able to communicate clearly to a wide range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to deliver and receive constructive feedback through code-reviews & by other means
Problem Solving
- Able to identify and analyse problems systematically
- Familiar with debugging, prototyping and other techniques to help identify root causes of problems.
- Comfortable working outside their current realm of experience, using new tools & techniques to solve complex problems
- Can analyse, present and justify recommendations, backed by research and sound reasoning.
Experience, Qualifications and other requirements
- 5+ Years work experience developing Java software and web applications
- Experience in design and implementation of microservices architectures
- Experience in Cloud and containerisation technology as well as Serverless, preferably in the AWS environment
- Comfortable taking on tasks in languages and systems outside their area of expertise (for example, Python, infrastructure-as-code. etc)