Software Engineer - Java

Job Description

About UsWere an innovative tech consultancy - a team of problem solvers. Since 1993 weve been finding better ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the worlds leading organisations anddelivered solutions that millions of people use every day.We bring together experts from diverse backgrounds and experiences in a collaborative and open culture to deliver outstanding outcomes for our clients, and a stimulating and rewarding environment for our people.Our clients tell us that our people are the best theyve worked withnot only because of their professional ability, but also their behaviour and attitude. As part of the BJSS Software Engineering team, youll develop all these skills, and hone them deliveringreal engagements for a variety of clients. About the Role We love to experiment with the latest tools, technologies and techniques to improve how we deliver our solutions and as a software engineer we will look to you to possess:

• Commercial experience of software development in Java
• Development of highly concurrent systems (multithreaded and/or distributed)
• Experience of web / app containers such as Jetty, Tomcat, JBoss, Weblogic
• Exposure to NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, Riak, Couchbase, Hadoop
• Persistence frameworks/APIs, such as JPA, Hibernate or Spring Data
• HTML5 and JavaScript
• Exposure to Test Driven Development or Behaviour Driven Development methodologies
• Deployment automation technologies such as Chef, Puppet, Cobbler, Vagrant, Ansible, Docker
• Exposure to iterative/agile development methodologies (SCRUM, XP, DSDM, RUP, Kanban etc.)
• Scripting experience such as BASH, Python, Ruby
• Exposure to automated integration testing through tools like Selenium, Fitnesse, Cucumber
• Exposure to enterprise messaging technologies / ESBs (JMS, AMQP, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Tibco EMS, IBM WebSphere MQ)

About You

• Youre an engineer at heart and enjoy the challenge of building complex software solutions
• You want to work across a range of tech environments. Your priorities will be building new systems and improving stability, security and efficiency
• Youre keen to learn new technologies and languages
• Youre comfortable operating in an Agile environment with a good working knowledge in areas such as CI/CD, build pipelines, testing and architecture
• You have a good understanding of computing fundamentals (e.g. logic, data structures, algorithms, low-level architecture, networks stack) along with strong software design skills, including OO, and knowledge of version control systems such as Git
• You love nothing more than grabbing a pen and whiteboarding the next challenge

Some of the Perks

• A collaborative and inspiring environment working alongside some of the best tech people in the industry
• Hybrid workingyou can vary your working location to allow you to collaborate better, feed your creativity, and take the time and space to focus when you need it
• Training opportunities and incentiveswe support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles
• Flexible benefits allowanceyou can spend on additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and more
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Giving backthe ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discountswe have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle and utility brands
• An industry-leading referral scheme
• Flexible holiday buy/sell option
• Electric vehicle scheme
• GymFlex gym membership programme