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Java Developer is sought on a remote basis by a market leading professional services organisation based near Birmingham.

This Java Developer would be joining the innovation arm of the business tasked with building complex, highly scalable greenfield solutions utilised by governments around the world to deliver key public services.

Due to the R&D driven culture within this team this Java Developer will be given opportunities to learn and work with the latest AI & machine learning technologies developing applications using a modern microservices, automated architecture.

With a real commitment to employee wellbeing and personal development this Java Developer can expect long term commitment to remote, flexible working and a clearing defined progression path with 4 self promotion opportunities a year alongside companywide commitment to wellbeing by providing a best in class physical and mental wellbeing program.

This Java Developer based near Birmingham should have most of the following key skills:

  • 3 years plus of Java experience
  • Strong Spring Boot framework experience
  • Strong RDBMS experience - NoSQL, MongoDB etc
  • Troubleshooting exposure - Splunk, ELK etc
  • Git version control
  • Automation experience - CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes would be a real plus
  • TDD experience
  • Awareness of cloud technologies would be useful
  • Microservices architecture understanding

    This Java Developer will receive:

  • up to £95,000 DoE
  • Company ownership shares
  • electric company car scheme
  • long term full remote working
  • Flexible working hours
  • 4 promotion and salary review opportunities each year
  • Best in class physical & mental wellbeing scheme
  • Private pension scheme
  • Training and personal development budget and time allocation
  • Wellbeing protection (death in service, critical illness cover, income protection)
  • Extensive career progression opportunities
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holiday with holiday buy & sell scheme
  • Choice of technology
  • Season ticket loan / cycle to work scheme

    So if you are a Java Developer who likes the idea of building greenfield applications within an autonomous, innovative team that will positively impact millions of people then please apply now to be considered.

    Java Developer
    £65,000 - £75,000
    Birmingham
    Java, Microservices, AWS, RDBMS, Splunk, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, TDD

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