Java Developer

Sector: IT

Location: Leeds

Contract: Permanent

Job Reference No. 2867

Java Developer

Remote – occasional site visits to Leeds

• Above market salary, outstanding bonus potential

A dynamic, market-leading global business (40+ websites) located in Leeds are growing out their technical capability from their UK HQ to enable significant growth in their strong sector.

As the Java Developer, you will be at the forefront of website changes (within a new team), improving the look and feel across different websites in their portfolio. You will be coding primarily in Java/ J2EE.

They are now embarking on a fresh 2020/2022 roadmap which sees the company focussing on driving the strategic benefits of their multi-site setup. They are currently pushing their platforms to state of the art eCommerce, combining the latest DevOps and Agile cultures.

Flexible working hours with the option to work from home – 100% remote at this time.

**from Spring 21 onwards there will ongoing working from home; with a couple of days a week in-office with the team**

This is a role where the Hiring Manager talks extensively about ‘the person’:

• A genuine team player
• Highly motivated to learn
• Low level problem solving
• Highly technically minded
• Enthusiastic and truly passionate about what they do
• Pragmatic and forward-looking, while able to work at pace

Skills and experience:

• At least 4 years’ experience as a back-end Java developer
• Extensive API integration
• Agile / scrum methodologies
• SOLID / OOP approaches
• RESTful API’s / Web security
• TDD with a quality approach to coding
• SQL / Oracle / ERP’s
• Able to work with autonomy and independence

Duties will include:

• Enterprise scale re-modelling / problem solving
• Identify short, medium and long term system configuration gains to drive site performance
• Application and system integration
• Performance loading / test / balance

Benefits include:

• Year one bonus initially, that can be sizable
• Working on a No 1. Strategically important programme of work with over 60 people
• Multi-million-pound investment spend to achieve x30 ROI!

If you are interested in learning more, please call Tim Wearing on 07792 824272 for an initial confidential conversation, or apply directly with your CV.