Developer - Future at Lloyd's

Job Description

Lloyds is transforming and needs curious minds to help define and influence that change. Were looking for people with new perspectives and the confidence to share them, so come and join us.Lloyds is transforming and needs curious minds to help define and influence that change. Were looking for people with new perspectives and the confidence to share them, so come and join us.Location: Manchester Now is the timeThe Future at Lloyds strategy is where we seize the moment. Its where we create and realise opportunities, and where you can discover our vision for tomorrow. That means professional opportunities with an international reach, as we set out to evolve ourmarketplace, and deliver easier, simpler and better interactions and transactions for both customers and employees.Working at Lloyds on the Future at Lloyds strategyTime moves on, and at Lloyds simply staying current isnt enough. As the worlds leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace, we need to be the most forward-thinking and innovative in every respect. That means continually improving our customer-focused marketplace,it means digitisation a technological transformation. Combining data, technology and new ways of working is the Future at Lloyds strategy.Part of our evolution involves growing our team, and bringing in a range of views, perspectives and backgrounds that will allow us to deliver this transformational culture. That relies upon open and trusting relationships, and a shared vision for that continualimprovement. The is an environment where new perspectives are encouraged, where resilience, fresh ideas and different opinions are valued.Role DescriptionThis role is a Developer role in the Digital & Data Factory, reporting to the Development Lead API/Platform. This is essential to the delivery of the future of the Lloyds and delivery capabilities within the Digital domain.The role is accountable for the development and engineering of software applications and components to support the delivery of digital product and capabilities as part of the transformation of Lloyds described in The Future at LloydsKey Responsibilities

• Working within an Agile product team to provide in the delivery of digital software products and service
• Support and help drive the adoption of test-driven and behaviour-driven development frameworks, along with continuous delivery and automation testing
• Ensure the quality of code is met through the use of unit, integration and acceptance testing and perform appropriate tuning/refactoring to ensure the system performs to its specification
• Collaborate with the DevOps team in line with project/product goals and objectives.
• Conduct and promote the use of peer reviews to provide feedback to developers within the team Identify improvement areas in the delivery process and make recommendations

Skills & Knowledge

• Strong working knowledge of Java 8 and above
• Strong understanding of API development lifecycle with working experience in API Gateways and Open API Specification 3.0/Swagger
• Strong understanding AWS
• Experience in building cloud-native microservices using frameworks like Micronaut, Spring Boot
• Experience in building cloud-native microservices using container workloads based on Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery tools and practices like Jenkins X, BuildKite, CircleCI
• Experience in build and dependency management tools and frameworks like Gradle, Maven
• Experience in automated testing frameworks like Junit, TestNg, and mocking and stubbing frameworks like Mockito and Wiremock
• Experience of working in event-based architectures using Apache Kafka
• Experience in integration with 3rd parties using different formats and patterns
• Experience in rule engine based development using tools and frameworks like Flowable, Drools
• Experience in security practices for back-end development using tools and frameworks like SonarQube, OWASP
• General knowledge of common challenges in back-end development (eg: memory allocation, garbage collection, etc).

Experience

• Experience of working within cross-functional Agile teams
• Experience of working within an Agile delivery framework (e.g. Scrum, Kanban)

Realise your professional ambitions as part of an organisation that is trusted to solve some of the worlds most complex problems in an environment that puts a focus on sharing risk to create a braver world.Please be aware that the recruitment process will comprise of several steps where your CV will be reviewed by our Recruitment team and if successful you will be invited to attend a telephone interview, followed by a more in-depth video interview. We wantto make sure we do all we can to make this a positive experience for you. Please click the following link which will take you through a simple process to identify any adjustments or additional support we can provide beforehand or on the day. https://apply/lloyds-ddda1625667349/