Java Software Engineer

Java Software Engineer

Posted 1 day ago by 1772593430

£70 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Guildford, Surrey

Summary: World Class Defence Organisation is seeking a Java Software Engineer subcontractor for an initial 12-month contract, offering a competitive hourly rate. The role involves working within an Agile Scrum team on innovative Geospatial software, with flexible working arrangements allowing for remote work. The position requires active participation in the software development life cycle, focusing on delivering robust cloud-based services.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop high-quality, readable, scalable and easily maintained code, using Java and related technologies, meeting requirements and coding standards.
  • Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enhance team velocity.
  • Contribute to quality assurance by writing unit and automated tests.
  • Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines.
  • Ensure code is sufficiently documented and share knowledge of solutions implemented.
  • Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and daily stand-ups in a true Agile environment, contributing to agile based estimating.
  • Work with the scrum team to meet the sprint commitments.

Key Skills:

  • Java
  • Cloud Services development
  • Unit testing

Salary (Rate): £70.00 per hour

City: Guildford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Java Software Engineer subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.
Rate: £70.00 per hour
Location: Guildford or Newcastle (depending on your preference)
Hybrid/Remote working: 2 days per week remote working
Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
Java Software Engineer

Job Description:

The Software Engineer will join our collaborative, forward-thinking Agile Scrum team, working on innovative Geospatial software, using the latest cloud-based technologies. The engineer will be involved in every stage of the software development life cycle, from initial design through development, testing, and deployment, delivering robust, scalable cloud-based services.

Flexible working arrangements are in place for the team. The successful candidate is expected to be in the office 3 days a week, with the opportunity to work 2 days from home.

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-quality, readable, scalable and easily maintained code, using Java and related technologies, meeting requirements and coding standards.
  • Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enhance team velocity.
  • Contribute to quality assurance by writing unit and automated tests.
  • Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines
  • Ensure code is sufficiently documented and share knowledge of solutions implemented.
  • Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and daily stand-ups in a true Agile environment, contributing to agile based estimating.
  • Work with the scrum team to meet the sprint commitments
Essential skills:
  • Java
  • Cloud Services development
  • Unit testing
Desirable skills
  • DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube
  • Red Hat OpenShift container platform or Kubernetes
  • Quarkus Framework
  • Front End development using Angular