Jumar Solutions Ltd/Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Digital Lead Developer
Jumar Solutions are currently recruiting for a Lead Developer to work with a prestigious leading digital client.
Main Purpose of Role;
Provide hands-on technical expertise and take responsibility for code-quality, leadership and direction for software development activities, delivered with sufficient quality to underpin outstanding new digital services for millions of users. The Lead Developer will make important technical decisions during the agile sprints and drive selection of the team's development approach. The Lead Developer will work closely with Solutions Architects, Product Managers, Digital Service Managers, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters and the development team throughout the duration of development.
Key Responsibilities;
As a Lead Developer you will work alongside the Digital Service Manager and Product Manager, Technical and Solution Architects to build and run outstanding digital services. To support the rapid development of user-driven digital prototypes, collaborating with other team members to write tests, code and documentation for new and existing systems; working with Solutions Architects to design and implement RESTful APIs for seamless integration with internal and external systems; Ensure digital services are thoroughly tested.
You will be required to ensure systems are robust, scalable, open and secure, provide mentorship for members of the development team and feedback on staff performance; Build a culture of continuous service improvement, ensuring that key systems "owned" by your digital service team are regularly analysed, maintained and improved; Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly develop strong working relationships in high pressure environments; Collaborate with Solutions/Technical Architects, Agile Test Engineers and Software Developers to build up a robust automated test suite to work in a continuous integration environment; Providing 'second-line' support and occasional 'on-call' support.
Skills and Experience;
Scala
Play Framework
MongoDB
JSON/Microservices
Docker
Puppet SB
Maven
HTML5
CSS
AJAX
RESTXML
SQL
Java SE/EE
JBOSS/Tomcat
Experience leading a team of developers
Demonstrable experience in either Java, C#, Scala, Python or Ruby
Good understanding of web technologies
Experience developing and using web-based APIs (especially HTTP REST-based APIs)
Experience working on technical projects within an agile team
Knowledge of the use of version control systems such as git or subversion
Experience using automated testing/continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, JUnit, cucumber
We look forward to your application.
Employment Type: Permanent
Pay: 65,000 to 70,000 GBP (British Pound)
Pay Period: Annual
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