Digital Java Developer (Senior)

GC160: Senior Digital Java Developer
Location: Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham
Salary: Day rate.
IR35: In scope.
Working Hours: 60% office attendance - Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham
Contract Length: 12-months.
Security Clearance: BPSS Basic – must be eligible for SC

Overview:

As a Senior Software Engineer you will be a skilled Practitioner and a role model in software craftsmanship. Responsible for ensuring best practices are adhered to across the department and guiding teams on how to deliver quality software products. You will assist in the design of software products that make up citizen services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. With a focus on operational stability, robustness, resilience, availability and quality you will be accountable for the code your teams produce.

Roles and responsibilities:

Design and lead the strategies for building reusable libraries and services;
Own the development of medium-long term strategies for product lines and the Software Engineering Community;
Identify and support the resolution of infrastructure faults;
Provide 3rd line support on products developed, including out of hours support as and when required;
Lead multiple Software Engineering teams providing technical leadership and guidance. Including coaching and mentoring your team and their professional development;
Contribute and set strategic direction for product team and the wider Software Engineering community;
Lead the collaboration & sharing of knowledge and good practice with the wider software engineering community;
Lead and support community discussions about best practice within Software Engineering.
Tech stack:

Spring Boot Framework, AWS Experience, Kafka, Mongo DB
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed