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Hargreaves Lansdown plc
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Bristol, Bristol
Java Developer
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
Reporting to: Development Team Lead Key Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Micro-services, Oracle As a Java Developer at Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), you’ll be joining the development team responsible for HL’s online trading platform, the services that power our award winning mobile applications as well as a number of other important internal and external web based systems. HL has big plans for the future; we want to be at the forefront of client service and experience offered through digital channels. Our online platform and its capabilities are the foundation of this journey and have played a key part in our success to date. Part of our ongoing digital transformation involves the re-development of various components of our existing application estate as we work to transition to a cutting-edge micro-services based architecture. This role offers you the opportunity to help make our 2025 vision a reality, shaping the building blocks for HL to become an API First organisation and embedding Open Architecture concepts into how we operate. You’ll initially form part of an agile squad focused on the development of new java based API services to support improved journeys and new functionality for our client-facing web and mobile applications. Within this role, you’ll be working closely with a skilled and passionate cross-functional team to deliver improvements and crucial changes to our services in an agile way. You will have the opportunity to be instrumental in shaping and delivering large scale systems projects. Therefore, being able to develop modern, scalable, secure, high performant applications is imperative. You should also embrace a culture that focuses on teamwork, rapid learning, and the continuous delivery of valuable software. The ability to collaborate, prioritise team goals over individual goals, maintain a focus on priority tasks and deliver on commitments is essential. You will be part of a team of highly skilled Developers in a fast-paced working environment based in the heart of Bristol. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with dynamic agile teams, a great ethos and constant learning opportunities such as opportunities to attend conferences and receive soft and technical skills training. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do. Key Duties And Responsibilities: Responsible for writing high quality code adhering to agreed team and regulatory standards, and the review of others code Working collaboratively with the team to help deliver significant new features for the business Providing engineering support for existing applications when necessary To ensure existing and newly developed solutions are reliable, secure, performant and maintainable Maintaining awareness of current secure coding practices and ensuring code produced is in line with these Responsible for developing and evidencing automated tests alongside code produced Responsible for documenting all solutions produced, to agreed team standards Demonstrating a willingness to learn and further technologies & techniques embraced by development team Cultivating strong working relationships both within working squad and in HL as a whole Requirements Essential Skills & Experience: 2 years’ experience developing scalable, secure, high performance database-driven web applications using Java 8 or higher Specific experience using some of the following development tools: Junit, JMeter, Mockito, Cucumber, BitBucket, Jenkins, JIRA and Confluence (or similar) Demonstrable experience of having successfully delivered a number of professional projects Understanding of design patterns and object-oriented programming (OOP) model principles Principles of RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking JSON Knowledge Basic UNIX command line skills Desirable Skills & Experience: Understanding of common web application security vulnerabilities and appropriate mitigations, particularly in the context of API development Have a practical appreciation of database design and working practices Experience developing Spring Boot based Java micro-services Knowledge and experience interfacing with MariaDB, Oracle, Apache Solr Experience in working with automation, Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines Experience using Docker containers, orchestrated through Kubernetes Third party API services integration experience