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Software Engineer (Git & AWS) - 6 month contract

Leeds
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Start date - 7th August
Location TBD (Newcastle, Leeds or Manchester) - weekly travel 
Inside IR35

Front end: Must be WCAG2.2 AAA compliant (accessible).
Backend: Mix of microservices, lambda functions, and (Kafka) events. Some ETL and interaction with RPA. Likely to use microsites and/or UI fragments.  Responsibilities:

Set and enforce code quality standards (e.g. SonarQube unit test coverage%)
Elaborate, estimate and size components (e.g. story point / man-day a microservice or UI feature)
Break down requirements into discrete development items for the team
Guide other scrum team resources to complete assigned activities within the sprint
Report back updates and represent the scrum team in various agile ceremonies and reporting forums
Create and document development approach
Develop assigned user stories in a variety of languages and undertake unit testing against this development
Develop against code quality standards
Create, edit and manage front end components and back end microservices
Operate as part of an Agile squad in a sprint methodology, alongside Business Analysts, DevOps and Quality Assurance
REQUIRED/NON-NEGOTIABLE: Git, AWS stack
Role based: e.g. SQS, SNS, Lambda, Microservices, React and/or Node JS
NICE TO HAVE: Event-based architectures, SonarQube, Redis, DocumentDB, public sector experience

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