Java Developer (YJAF) at Necsws

As a Senior Java Developer you will be part of an established and competent team working on a national Government-led IT System.

Qualifications

Who Are You?

An experienced Java Developer with expert hands-on knowledge and the ability to lead by example, offer solutions and contribute to an expanding team.

In particular, we are looking for:

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.
• Professional experience in designing and developing applications using Java
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design.
• Experience with popular Java frameworks and technologies such as Spring
• Framework, JPA/Hibernate.
• Experience with asynchronous messaging technologies.
• Experience designing and developing back-end APIs.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL, PostgreSQL
• Working knowledge of Maven, Git and CI/CD principles.
• Knowledge and understanding of Cloud services/principles, preferably AWS
• Desire and capability to learn
• Flexibility and being adaptable and pragmatic with challenges

Additional Information

• Personal/Team Growth and Development
• Develop new skills by working with other members of the team
• Work with the Team Lead and Manager to identify training goals
• Lead and partake in technical discussions within the team
• Actively identify and complete opportunities for self-training and external training
• Drive the team’s process of continual improvement
• Personal attributes that will help you
• Problem solving - recognition of problems and recasting difficult-to-solve problems
• in order to find unique and innovative solutions
• Inquisitiveness - digging into problems and solutions to understand the underlying

technology

• Autonomy - ability to work on a task and solve problems independently
• Motivation - sets personal challenges and constantly looking to stretch themselves
• Integrity - honest and transparent in dealing, open to voice and accept criticism, is
• trustworthy and builds credibility through actions
• Detail focussed - pays attention to the details and can make a conscious effort to
• understand causes instead of just the effects
• Big picture aware - understands the scope and impact of a problem or solution

Company Description

• NEC Software Solutions is headquartered in the UK and operates around the world.
• We employ more than 3,000 people in six countries, building software and services to get our customers better outcomes.
• We traded as Northgate Public Services until 1 July 2021 when we rebranded to align with our owners, NEC. Most of our subsidiary companies did too (APD Communications, i2N, EMIS Care and Charter Systems) but our service design agency still trades as Snook.
• We’ve been part of global tech company NEC Corporation since January 2018.
• Find out more about our business on the Corporate Responsibility and Performance pages.

Job Description

As a Senior Java Developer you will be part of an established and competent team working on a national Government-led IT System. You will contribute to all phases of the development process, supporting business objectives, whilst providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design, through development, to testing and deployment.

Core Responsibilities

• A Senior Java Engineer is expected to spend most of their time hands-on in the
• production of software for NECSWS products.
• Discuss, establish, maintain and improve the backend solution, including good
• software design, framework selections and direction of the codebase.
• Provide engineering options, with unbiased pros and cons to meet problems shared by
• the business.
• Develop software to relevant standards, including security.
• Develop software that is based around a microservices architecture.
• Conduct peer reviews of software
• Develop and improve the confirmation testing strategies (unit test, integration testing)
• using suitable testing libraries and frameworks.
• Prepare and produce releases of software components.
• Provide support for production systems.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and
• presenting these for architectural review.
• Support and coach junior developers.
• Adopt Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum.
• Solve problems with little supervision

Additional Information

• Employees of NEC are entitled to the following Company funded benefits:
• Single Private Medical Cover (with the option to select family cover at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday (includes 3 company nominated days) with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions
• A selection of tax efficient flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• The role offers a competitive salary.

OTHER INFORMATION

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.

All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.