Full Stack Engineer
Posted 2 weeks ago by Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Full Stack Developer role is a contract position based in Sheffield, UK, requiring extensive experience in API engineering and back-end microservices development. Candidates should possess strong programming skills in Java, with additional expertise in Go and Rust, and familiarity with cloud and DevOps practices. The role emphasizes independent work, leadership abilities, and excellent communication skills within a financial institution context.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and create architectural artifacts such as gap analysis, low-level designs, and data models.
- Develop back-end microservices applications with a focus on application security and authentication.
- Optimize application performance through JVM tuning and diagnostics.
- Implement distributed system designs, including microservices and Springboot.
- Utilize technologies such as Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Monitor and ensure observability using tools like Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Manage cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices, including network and identity management.
- Mentor and coach team members while demonstrating leadership in technical decisions.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to influence technical choices.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience as an API engineer.
- Strong programming skills in Java, with experience in Go and Rust preferred.
- Expertise in microservices architecture and distributed system design.
- Proficiency in cloud technologies and DevOps practices.
- Strong SQL coding abilities.
- Experience in a financial institution, ideally in payments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to lead, motivate, and mentor team members.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role Title: Full stack Developer
Role Type: Contract (inside ir35)
Role Location: Sheffield, UK (Hybrid)
Job Description:- Bachelor’s Degree required in Computer Science, Engineering or related majors
Minimum of 8 years’ applied experience as an API engineer
Strong experience in API designing and creating architectural artefacts such as gap analysis, low level designs, data models etc.
More than 5 years of engineering background in back-end microservices application development, application security and authentication development, cache and middleware
More than 8 years’ experience programming in Java and ideally Go and Rust
Expertise in JVM tuning and diagnostic for application troubleshooting and performance-optimization
Expertise in distributed system design including microservices, Springboot
Experience working with Kafka, Docker, k8s, service mesh
Experience with monitoring and observability technologies: Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, Kiali, Open Telemetry
Experience in cloud and DevOps, familiar to network (VPC) and firewall on cloud, identity and access management, cloud delivery including sizing and costing
Demonstrable knowledge on infrastructure like Linux OS, networking, storage, network load-balancing, Kubernetes CNI.
Strong SQL coding abilities is preferred
Experience of working in a financial institution, ideally in payments
Ability to work independently and think out of the box
The passion and ability to lead/motivate and develop technologist, including mentoring and coaching.
Superior listening skills, ability to learn quickly, and willing to accept accountability for company and individual success
Extensive critical thinking skills for problem identification and solution recommendation
Exceptional team player that can lead others in demonstrating initiative and sound business judgment and is interested in expanding skills and growing professionally
Highly flexible, set priorities and meet deadlines in a changing environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, ability to negotiate, resolve conflicts and influence technical choices relating to business, development and architectural requirements