Software Engineering Lead - Full Stack Java Microservices, Banking

Cambridgeshire  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Software Engineering Lead Full Stack Java Microservices, Banking

6 months initial remote contract, work from home, inside IR35

The Role:

  • Collaborate with Tech leads & Architects to understand existing platform & systems
  • Work closely with client team to understand integration of Systems
  • Participate in discovery phase with client team to understand functional and non-functional requirements, existing design patterns & principles
  • Craft scalable, flexible and resilient architecture & design artefacts covering functional scope, integration points with core banking systems
  • Understand existing Security and Entitlement structure and recommend modernized identity and access management frameworks and design.
  • Define low level microservice Architecture, Secure inter process communication b/w services (Rest, Event Driven), messaging, service mesh design
  • Understand existing software engineering, release and deployment process and come up with optimal way to deliver faster with improved quality
  • Define CI/CD pipeline and tools needed for more efficient, automated continuous integration and delivery
  • Participate in regular show & tell and present solution design to stakeholders
  • Ensure that the team's software deliverables meet a good standard of quality in these key areas:
    • Reliability, scalability, resiliency and performance
    • DevSecOps automation
    • Documentation and maintainability
    • Usability
    • Implement engineering standards & guidelines, tools and frameworks for the team to follow when developing software
    • Review design, test plans, code and team deliverables
    • Represent the team from an engineering perspective in planning and review meetings with the senior client stakeholder

Experience & Skills

  • Hands-on experience developing microservices, event driven architecture, Rest APIs
  • Authentication, Authorization, Identity and Access management standards like OAuth2.0 & OIDC, frameworks & tools (ForgeRock AM, Okta)
  • Java & Spring Boot, Server Side JavaScript, node.js etc
  • Web Development with React
  • Jenkins (or a similar CI/CD tool)
  • MongoDB, Kong, Apigee API Gateway, Db2 beneficial
  • Cloud Development is plus
  • Agile delivery, route to live release process
  • Leading a small engineering team (conducting code reviews, establishing efficient working environments, communicating key issues the team is facing)
  • Banking/Financial Services Experience

Remote working, Contract will fall within scope of IR35, so umbrella company will need to be engaged.

This advert was posted by Staffworx Limited - a UK based recruitment consultancy supporting the global digital, E-commerce, software & consulting sectors. Services advertised by Staffworx are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.

Offices in London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Leeds and Bristol. Remote delivery, work from home

Staffworx operate a referral scheme of £500 or new iPad for each successfully referred candidate, if you know of someone suitable

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months initial, likely long term extensions
(extension possible)
From
Staffworx Limited
Published at
23.10.2021
Project ID:
2235338
Contract type
Freelance
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