Job Description
Full-stack Java/Python Developer - Central Government
- Java, Python, Springboot, JavaScript, React, UI, AWS
- Outside IR35 Contract
- £450 per day
- Remote working in the UK
- 6 months
- deadline: 7th March 2022
Summary
An experienced developer with solid commercial experience of building web applications and REST APIs using Spring Boot and Python/Flask in an OpenShift environment is required to accelerate delivery of new and improved digital services to our customers.
REQUIREMENTS
- Extensions to the Register Land & Property service to support:
- Enhanced Disposition & Securities data that supports streamlining of the Settle process
- Support for TPs/DPA and a broader range of deed types
- Continued enhancement of the customer facing product portfolio based on services customer feedback.
- Continued development and support of Customer Facing products in line with the product and architecture roadmaps with a view to improving digital sustainability and tackling architectural and technical debt.
- Demonstrate excellent, sustainable and collaborative software development practice that's focused on delivering highly readable, maintainable and appropriate artefacts.
- Actively participating in all team events, leading where specialist knowledge in required, and supporting the team to improve their process through inspection and adaptation.
- Engage with the wider RoS communities of practice and interest to share knowledge, technique and experience.
- Ensure high quality of developed solutions through development and maintenance of unit tests - with appropriate code coverage - and code analysis using code quality tools.
- Ensure that developed software complies with non-functional requirements, such as accessibility, security, UI/UX, performance, maintainability, deployability, etc..
- Troubleshoot development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms, from the AWS-based modern stack to the multiple strands of ETL and database (legacy and otherwise) that underpins the service.
- Routinely use collaborative development practices such as pairing and mobbing techniques in programming, code reviews, system design and requirements analysis/refinement, etc.
- Some of these services may need to be provided outside of core business hours (07:30-17:30) in order to ensure continuity of service. The successful supplier is expected to plan and manage their working hours accordingly.
Skills & commercial experience with the following technology is required (more the merrier, but not everything is needed):
- Java 11
- Python 3
- Spring Boot, Python Flask microservices
- Spring security and OAuth2
- JavaScript UI frameworks, including React,
- Strong HTML / CSS skills and an awareness of accessibility considerations.
- OpenShift
- Modern DevOps and CI/CD practices including deployment pipelines, Jenkins and
- Docker
- Designing and developing with relational and NoSQL databases, particularly
- Mongo and Postgres
- Significant and demonstrable commercial experience in the following areas:
- Delivering high quality software collaboratively in high-performing, cross-functional development teams.
- Designing, gaining consensus, and implementing technical solutions for software development projects
- Developing within Digital First or GDS quality standards
- Developing solutions using human-centred, research-driven, inclusive design practices
- Designing and implementing solutions using service and event-based architectures
- Using testing tools for unit testing, including system test automation frameworks
- Cloud monitoring, telemetry, intelligence tools and processes, including Grafana
- Incrementally replacing enterprise legacy systems
- Working in Agile delivery models
- Defining infrastructure as code
- Using UI pattern libraries to achieve consistent, tested and high-quality interfaces
- Code quality, monitoring, telemetry and analytics tools
Desirable skills
- AWS Lambda, S3, Cloud Formation, Aurora/Postgres, API Gateway, CDK
- Typescript
