The Vacancy

As a business, Hermes is shaped by our four values of Do the right thing, Dare to be different, Strive for more and Be customer-obsessed. We run our business by these values and they are reflected in all of our positions

The Senior Back End Developer is responsible for designing and implementing high-quality software in line with established policies and technology stack

This role will carry out some or all of the following activities:

• Maintaining documentation, ensuring that the knowledge acquired is available across the organisation and built into the squads as a discipline
• Supporting the architecture function in designing performant and resilient products
• Develop performant, efficient and reliable applications
• Assists in the evaluation of options and trade-offs for implementing requirements.
• Design, code, verify, tests, document, amend and refactor complex software.
• Participate in estimation and planning work with an adaptive (iterative/agile) approach.
• Collaborate in reviews of work with others as appropriate to validate quality
• Staying up to date with the latest tech innovations and evaluate their value

You will be accountable for:            

• Developing fast, scalable, reliable, and efficient apps
• Making sure engineering policies and selected tools are adhered to
• Making sure agreed test coverage is implemented and daily progress communicated
• Keeping code repositories and Version Control up to date
• Supporting junior members of the team

Knowledge & Experience:

• 4 years’ experience building commercial applications in Java
• Experience with Java and Spring boot is a must
• Experience of using Object Orientated design patterns in building software solutions
• Experience with AWS services like Fargate
• Experience working with an agile framework (Scrum/Kanban)
• Experience using DevOps principles and automation practices
• RDBMS experience
• Significant Commercial Experience of developing distributed systems using a messaging based architecture (ideally RabbitMQ or SQS)

Technical & People Skills:

• Java 7
• Spring Boot
• REST API (JSON) & WebSockets
• Agile, Scrum, BDD, TDD, Pull Request, CI/CD
• Good working knowledge of unit testing & integration testing frameworks
• Excellent communication skills (oral/written)
• Collaborative and keen to share knowledge with others

Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Agile certifications are desirable