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Lead Java Engineer
6 Months initial contract
3 Days per week on site in Canary Wharf
Market Rate (Inside IR35)
As a Lead Java Engineer, you will be responsible for technical leadership and delivery of one or more Java and Data intensive applications that are key for achieving the business' future state Anti-Financial Crime capabilities.
***Due to the nature of the project, the ideal candidate will have a background in "Anti-Financial Crime"***
Your key responsibilities
- Responsible for design and delivery of key baseline components as well as future state components to transform AFC technology within the business
- Providing Technical leadership to one or two squads of highly skilled and motivated engineers working on business-critical product initiatives
- Working closely with Product Managers and Architects to understand business requirements and solution vision to chart out a viable delivery path
- Lead by example and provide hands on assistance to developers by crafting high quality code as well as performing regular code reviews
- Ensuring all software development follows best practice tools and methodologies and is delivered using all relevant bank standards
Your skills and experience
- Proven track-record of successful IT (Information Technology) project delivery in a robust technology environment with a clear appreciation of software development best practices and Agile releases trains
- Strong experience within server-side development in Java, SQL, Search Technologies, Messaging Technologies with a good understanding of Kubernetes, Dockers and preferably some exposure to GCP (Google Cloud Platform), ReactJS, Python, Big Data Technologies like Spark, Beam
- Excellent personal organisation, completer/finisher, consensus builder with excellent communication skills and able to lead global development teams both directly and via influence.
- Extensive experience practicing TDD (Test-Driven Development)/BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) in a Continuous Integration and Delivery environment with strong DevOps/SRE culture.
- Thorough understanding of the wider Architecture & Technology landscape, emerging technologies and able to understand and communicate how they apply to the business domain and existing platforms.
Disclaimer:
This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.
