Job Description

Role: Senior/Lead Digital Java Developer
Length: Initial 12 months - with a view to extend
Location: Hybrid / London or Manchester - 2 days per week
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Pay Rate: up to 700 - 850 per day

One of my UK public sector clients are currently looking for a Senior and Lead Java Developer. They are looking for a Senior/Lead Java Developer to join them on a hybrid basis with travel to their offices based in London or Manchester 2 days per week. The initial contract runs on for an initial 12-month engagement - this does have a view to extend beyond this date.

They are interested in Java Developers with experience of working in an Agile environment amongst multi-disciplinary teams. Past experience of working within the public sector would be ideal, although this is not essential.

Responsibilities:

• Champion technical evolution within the organisation, find, test, agree and adopt emerging technologies
• Champion the latest Software Engineer best practices, principles and processes;
• Manage and mitigate risks through effective planning
• Design and lead the strategies for building reusable libraries and services
• Collaborate with large teams of Software Engineers and key technical decision makers to define the strategic vision for our products
• Lead the Software Engineering community to deliver the strategic vision
• Collaborate with the Principal Software Engineering community to ensure usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are embedded in the development of our citizen services

Requirements:

• Vast proven experience as a Java Developer
• Recent experience with Java 8/11
• Excellent understanding of TDD (Test-Driven Development) or BDD (Behaviour Driven Develoment)
• Experience with large micro service architectures.
• Be willing to work in a pair programming environment.

Are you interested in this position? If so, then please respond with your CV and I will be in touch ASAP.

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