Collinson Hiring for Junior Software Engineer Job at London, England Full Time

Purpose of the job

The developer will be expected to work on large-scale, custom-designed, multi-tier, enterprise-level software development projects primarily using Java

Key Responsibilities

• Help the team to champion software quality and engender technical vision and ensuring clients are satisfied
• Embrace agile best practices and Continuous Delivery to drive down backlog
• Facilitate problem solving and work with a team to make them reality
• Ability to work with Collinson internal customer in managing expectations and seek earliest resolutions
• Develop new processes and systems where necessary to improve delivery and service
• Able to lead development efforts for new features while maintaining high standards for code quality
• Able to strategically lead a project team to successful delivery
• Excited to mentor, influence and lead a team of colleagues and partners
• An expert in at least one language or domain, and maybe in 2 or more (current projects have a heavy emphasis on Cold Fusion and Java)
• Influencing priorities, for both the team and the end users. You understand both the business problem and the technical solution, and you’re able to advocate for excellence and effect change when necessary
• Use appropriate tools to contribute to the development of systems
• You think big and act fast
• You can manage competing priorities, that you’re ready to pivot or adjust plans quickly, and that you understand the role you and your team play in an organisations’ tech strategies
• Keep challenging the business and IT groups to ensure solutions are innovative
• Keep abreast of the latest technical Research & Industry insight, ensuring relevant trends are communicated within the Collinson Group

Knowledge, skills and experience required

• 1 – 3 years experience
• Hands-on development and delivery experience with a broad mix of languages and technologies, with a focus on Java, Spring and Hibernate
• Proven professional industry experience of using databases such as SQL or MySQL
• Experience of cloud based development, AWS preferred.
• Experience of implementing SOA, microservices and Web Services desirable.
• Experience working with event driven architectures or messaging solutions, such as Rabbit MQ or Kafka, is desirable.
• Knowledge of caching technologies such as Terrocota and Redist would be beneficial
• Great object oriented (OO) skills, including strong design patterns knowledge and enterprise integration
• Experience working with Agile, Lean and/or Continuous Delivery approaches and best practices, such as pair programming, Continuous Integration, TDD, BDD, Infrastructure as Code etc,
• Knowledge of software best practices like Refactoring, Clean Code, Domain Driven Design, Encapsulation etc
• Experience of working across multiple delivery organisations practising distributed development in a global environment.
• Experience of working multi-disciplined development teams, including external vendors and agencies providing services for projects.
• The ability to demonstrate through examples, the effective management of stakeholder relationships at all levels internally and externally.
• Experience of projects in Travel, Insurance, Loyalty and Benefits sectors highly desirable.

Person Specification

• Commercially focused and Innovative
• Team player
• Self-motivator with a willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast moving and changing environment
• Ability to show initiative and to work independently
• Ability to work at pace, work through project challenges in a collegiate way
• Goal and outcome orientated
• Thoroughness and attention to detail
• Good communication skills (ability to present, inform and guide others)
• Ability to generate ideas and draw them out of others
• Ability to explain technical language and concepts to business focussed groups
• Comfortable working with people at all levels in an organisation
• Willingness to take on a variety of roles and responsibilities