Software Engineer (Banking)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Java): Designing and developing high-throughput Java applications with an accent on secure, high-quality production code and full software development lifecycle management. Focus on building enterprise REST APIs, event-driven systems at scale, and mentoring junior engineers.

Location: Hybrid in Leeds, UK (40% or two days in office)

Salary: £70,929 - £80,000

Company

hirify.global is an innovative, fast-changing business shaping finance as a force for good.

What you will do

• Design and develop Java applications with automated tests to ensure business functionality.
• Implement and analyze application monitoring for health and performance improvements.
• Adhere to engineering standards within a cross-functional product engineering team.
• Collaborate with architects and other senior engineers to produce application/design documentation.
• Problem solve and debug production issues to minimize customer impact.
• Mentor and coach engineers to deliver high-quality, secure, testable, maintainable, and observable applications.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience building enterprise REST APIs (Open API) in Java (min Java 11) with Spring Boot, Spring Core, and Spring Security.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, including Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, and Kafka API.
• Hands-on experience with SQL and working with GCP Cloud SQL and Spanner.
• Experience with TDD practices (automated unit and integration tests) and DevOps (CI/CD).
• Experience in designing and building high-volume, distributed event-driven systems at scale, fault-tolerant, resilient, and highly observable.
• Experience working with messaging systems such as GCP Pub/Sub.
• Good knowledge using modern technologies e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Github Actions, Istio Service Mesh, Helm, API Gateway, SRE, DORA concepts and metrics, and Scalable / NoSQL Databases.
• Experience with Public Cloud Solutions, ideally GCP.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity.
• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance.
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits adaptable to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.