Our government client are currently looking for x5 Java Developers to join their team on a new contract.
Skills/ experience:
● Recent experience with Java 11 (or later).
● Excellent understanding of TDD and BDD.
● Experience with large microservice architectures.
● Experience of working in an Agile environment.
● Be willing to work in a pair programming environment.
● Have experience in implementing APIs for internal and external use.
● Have the skills to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.
● Be involved in the wider web development community, identifying good practices we can adopt and sharing our experiences.
● Be knowledgeable of tools and techniques used within the wider team.
● Take part in 2nd-line support of applications and platforms, including occasional support outside of office hours.
● Have an ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
● Have working knowledge of Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X.
● Have the ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques.
● Understand of the use of Responsive Web Design.
It would also be desirable to have:
• Working knowledge of Jackson, JAX-RS, mocking frameworks such as Mockito, and messaging platforms such as ActiveMQ or Kafka.
• Experience of MongoDB or other document databases.
• Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites.
• Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage.