Software Developer - Remote/Guildford or Newcastle - £70 per hour Umbrella - CONTRACT

Software Developer - Remote/Guildford or Newcastle - £70 per hour Umbrella - CONTRACT

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£70 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Guildford/Newcastle/Remote, UK

Summary: We are recruiting a Software Java Engineer for a leading Defence organisation, offering a hybrid working arrangement of three days in the office and two days remote. The role involves working within an Agile Scrum team on innovative Geospatial software, utilizing cloud-based technologies throughout the software development life cycle. The engineer will be responsible for developing high-quality code, conducting reviews, and ensuring adherence to coding standards. Candidates must be able to achieve or possess SC clearance.

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
  • DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube (desirable)
  • Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes (desirable)
  • Quarkus Framework (desirable)
  • Front End development using Angular (desirable)

Salary (Rate): £70 per hour Umbrella

City: Guildford

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

We are recruiting for a Software Java Engineer on contract to work for a leading Defence organisation. The role can be based in either their Newcastle or Guildford offices 3 days per week and remote for 2.

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.

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

Skill Set

Essential

  • Java
  • Cloud Services development
  • Unit testing

Desirable

  • DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube
  • Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes
  • Quarkus Framework
  • Front End development using Angular

IMPORTANT NOTE: The candidate will also need to be able to achieve or have SC clearance.