Java Developer - Remote & Guildford or Newcastle - £70 per hour Umbrella - CONTRACT

We are recruiting for a Java Developer on contract to work for a leading Space organisation. The role can be based in either their Newcastle or Guildford offices 3 days per week and remote for 2 days.

We require experienced software engineers who have had real world experience of Kubernetes, DevSecOps and the latest Java frameworks.

Ideally you will come from a Defence or Space background.

Skills such as testing, deployment, configuration are essential for this role.

The Software Engineer will join our collaborative, forward-thinking Agile Scrum team, working on innovative Geospatial software, using the latest cloud-based technologies. The engineer will be involved in every stage of the software development life cycle, from initial design through development, testing, and deployment, delivering robust, scalable cloud-based services.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, readable, scalable and easily maintained code, using Java and related technologies, meeting requirements and coding standards.
• Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enhance team velocity.
• Contribute to quality assurance by writing unit and automated tests.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines
• Ensure code is sufficiently documented and share knowledge of solutions implemented.
• Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and daily stand-ups in a true Agile environment, contributing to agile based estimating.
• Work with the scrum team to meet the sprint commitments

Skill Set

Essential

• Java
• Cloud Services development
• Unit testing

Desirable

• DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube
• Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes
• Front End development using Angular