News UK Hiring for Senior Java Developer Job at Remote Full Time

Senior Java Software Engineer

Remote

We are: News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning and magic to make sense of the world. Our newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations including talkSPORT, VirginRadio, talkRADIO and TimesRadio.

Your team; MAIN a backend platform team that constantly strives to be the benchmark in subscriptions technology and actively engaged in the evolution of our platform across our Identity, Access, and Monetisation domains. Underpinning our consumer products to provide their users the right content with the right value proposition at the right time, irrespective of granularity.

There is a lot of excitement around the future possibilities this critical and highly visible platform has to offer, with huge potential.

Your role: Senior Software Engineer. We are looking for a talented and passionate Senior Software Engineer to join our team.

Day to day you will: As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll be a key component of a team delivering quality software. You’ll interact with product owners and stakeholders, contribute to the technical conversations and ensure that what we build is best in class and fit for purpose. You’ll report to a Principal Engineer and will help him/her deliver on the technical strategy. You’ll mentor other engineers to bring them up to your standard.

What we’re looking for from you: You’re a true engineer with a passion for well crafted clean and tested code, considering everything from architecture and security to performance. You understand agile methodologies and enjoy collaboration. You lead by example, encouraging your peers to constantly improve. You have a continuous improvement mindset and are proactive in driving positive change, encouraging those around you to do the same.

You love engineering and constantly want to learn more. You understand the value of and are a practitioner of TDD/BDD and DevOps. You are an expert in Java (Spring).

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be involved with leading technical direction as well as day to day coding standards and best practices. You’ll be a mentor to your peers and team members, a source of technical expertise and will participate in strategic conversations with the rest of engineering and the business. You’ll feel comfortable presenting to internal teams as well as external Meetups and the like, representing the engineering work at News UK.

What’s in it for you? We are a diverse and dynamic team, with opportunities to learn and develop your skills in a supportive environment. We’re remote first (though have an amazing office), a flexible working pattern and a great team culture. We’ll help you deliver your best work and grow you with career and personal development through training, conferences and courses.

NewsUK Benefits

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK. Alongside pay, we offer:

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
• A comprehensive private medical scheme covering pre-existing conditions;
• Maternity leave of up to 18 weeks full basic salary and paternity leave of up 2 weeks full basic salary;
• Discounted rates for Fitness First gym membership for employees and immediate family;
• A range of different flexible working options, which can be requested by employees;
• Interest free commuter loan of up to £10,000 tax free
• Bikes For Work’ scheme to save income tax and national insurance;
• Up to four Volunteering Days per year for employees to use on charities of choice;
• Health and wellbeing benefits including on-site physio/massage, counselling, legal advice, and others.

Equal opportunities: We are a diverse team and strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential. We want to create a productive environment where everyone feels valued, and where talents are fully recognised, utilised and celebrated. News UK is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all its employees and applicants. We oppose all forms of discrimination in the workplace. We thrive when we champion diversity and inclusion. We make better decisions, we’re stronger and happier, and it’s the right thing to do.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £50,148.00-£84,212.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Free or subsidised travel
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discounts
• Wellness programmes
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift