Back End Engineer

Power up what you do
This role is in Mettle
Mettle is for sole traders and limited companies with up to two owners (only one owner can access the account).
Job description
This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Back End Engineer

• This is an opportunity for a technically minded Software Engineer to join Mettle
• You'll be working with new and innovative technology to deliver high impact solutions
• Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

What you'll do
You'll join one of the core cross-functional mission teams to build and develop Mettle. We will look to you to develop clean, elegant and reusable code that is well-tested and easy to maintain and extend.
You'll also:

• Work with stakeholders across the business to drive the direction of Mettle Engineering and put the long-term interests of customers at the heart of key decisions
• Collaborate across our backend chapter to uphold standards, best practices and to promote innovation
• Work collaboratively with the team to resolve technical issues
• Support and oversee junior engineers and act as a subject matter expert

The skills you'll need
You'll need a strong background in software engineering, software design or database design and architecture. You should have solid practical and theoretical knowledge of Java software development as well as strong experience of Spring Boot / Micronaut.
You'll also need:

• An understanding of Kubernetes / Docker
• An excellent understanding of AWS deployment and configuration
• Experience working with message-driven architectures / Kafka / event sourcing
• Experience working on a highly secure application
• An understanding on how to translate business objectives into data driven insight