Java Developer – Permanent – Reading/Croydon, UK – SC Eligible/Cleared Full Time

Croydon, London
Cactus IT Solutions UK Ltd

Job Description: The role requires in-depth understanding of the software development life cycle and strong technical experience with an open-minded attitude and ability to rapidly adapt and learn.

Must have skills:

• Extensive Server Side, hands-on Java 8+ development experience with strong Spring, Spring Boot & Hibernate
• Strong understanding of Microservice architecture
• Experience building web services and APIs on REST
• Strong understanding of unit & integration tests, following TDD/BDD
• Experience using test frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Power Mockito & Wire mock.
• Experience and understanding of CICD pipeline of Docker, Jenkins, and Kubernetes
• Experience with Front End technologies: HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Mustache Templates
• Led a team of Java developers to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Design and develop Java applications, APIs, and microservices.
• Work collaboratively with other teams to ensure seamless integration of software components.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
• Actively participating in architectural & design discussions
• Experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance to the team.
• Take ownership of scrum team’s timelines and deliverables
• Proposing solutions to complex problems that are in the boundary of the existing system architecture.
• Have an ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Understanding of all the agile ceremonies.
• Experience in Relational Database Management System (eg PostgreSQL)

Nice to have skills:

• Knowledge of Workflow/Business Process Management tools
• Experience with Performance and Monitoring tools: JMeter, Kibana, Splunk, Dynatrace
• Experience writing Shell script.
• Understanding of Python
• Good understanding on AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, API Gateway and Serverless technologies)
• Integration Engine tools: Apache Camel and Active MQ for messaging, web services and distributed systems
• Public Sector domain experience preferable