Lead Java Software Development Engineer in Test
PAYE Agency Contractor role
Hybrid - London based

We are looking for ambitious and motivated individuals who are keen to embrace growth and tackle the impending challenges in this fast evolving industry. You should be passionate about approaching things differently, while operating like a fintech within a bank. We are not looking for superpowers - we are looking for knowledge, enthusiasm and the right attitude to deliver our global initiative in a lean way.

Purpose:
To cope with our expansion, we are looking for Java SDETs to join our mission and help us build a global product that's scalable, reliable and secure. You will work in tribes alongside product managers, user researchers, designers, mobile engineers, web engineers, data analysts and business analysts to define features specifications (Fraud, Risk, Treasury, Finance and more)

What you'll be doing:

• Work with global product teams to create and evaluate the product roadmap - inputting on what we should be creating and how we should go about it
• Be the technical voice at the table, prepared to educate and guide the business on the right approach, technology and trends
• Apply quality software engineering practices through all phases of development and into production
• Contribute with analysis and solutions to fulfil business requirements
• Design and develop reliable, fast, flexible and decoupled systems
• Research, plan and implement integrations with numerous banking and payments systems
• Optimise performance of complex systems
• Create structured, testable, lightweight Junit based unit tests, Jmeter/K6 based API automation test and NFT code in Java and other tools/languages

Requirements
What we are looking for:

• Strong experience working on the automated micro services tests of Back End of a technology product (excellent Java skills and understand relational databases)
• Have a product mindset: you care about customer outcomes and you want to make data-informed decisions
• Knowledge around JUnit Testing, API Automated Tests, BDD,TDD along with strong expertise in JMeter, K6 (optional: LoadRunner) based performance testing focusing on micro services
• You're comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity and aggressive timelines
• Experience in both waterfall and agile development practices and comfortable with working in the DevOps culture
• A track record of forging strong relationships and building trusted partnerships through open dialogue and continuous delivery

Even better if you have:

• Previous payment systems integration experience
• Exposure to the full stack, from Front End UI to the Server Side, business logic and database, and awareness of the leading technologies in each domain
• Advanced hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services and its core architectural components/utilities
• Database management skills like scaling, performance management, capacity planning, etc., PostgreSQL

If you've got the passion and dedication to help us go the distance and looking for a career that will help you fulfil your potential - join us to make a global impact!

Posted Date: 30 Apr 2024 Reference: JSJWJO-2404-1900 Employment Business: Spier Consulting Ltd Contact: David O'Shea