EXPERT SENIOR JAVA TECHNICAL LEAD
URGENTLY REQUIRE JAVA TECHNICAL LEAD - £65K - £80K BASE SALARY + EXCELLENT BENEFITS
A vacancy exists for a strong Java developer with technical leadership experience within the Global Wholesale Banking Technology Operations team located in Bromley. The successful candidate will join as a senior contributor to an existing agile development team building extensive additions on our state of the art, award winning platform in the liquidity area. The team is young, passionate and self motivated and the code base growing quickly so this position suits someone who can hit the ground running, form good working relationships quickly and also add value by introducing best practice design and techniques learned elsewhere.
Reporting to the development manager, the successful candidate will join a strongly agile team of 10-15 people, and contribute as a senior member of the development team. The team is lead by an experienced Technical Leader and a Technical Project Manager.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Experience as a Java J2EE programmer
Experience as a Java Technical Lead, preferably in Agile environments using Open Source frameworks.
Previous experience working on green-field/brown-field applications; confident self-starter
Good knowledge of core Java JEE, including Struts, Hibernate, Spring, SpringMVC, Junit, mocking (JMock/Mokito)
Experience in jBPM would be a strong advantage
Highly desirable: JMS, WMQ, AJAX, Domain Driven Design (DDD)
Experience in jBehave would be an advantage.
Must have experience with Agile / extreme Programming project methodology and development teams, including Pair Programming and Test Driven Development. Experience of using Agile requirements management tools (e.g. Mingle/ Jira) is preferable.
Knowledge of automated build / continuous integration platforms, especially Maven and Jenkins.
Excellent spoken and written English, clear oral communication skills.
Must be willing and able to express new ideas, concerns and opinions directly to wider team in team meetings via teleconference.
Attention to detail and accuracy are essential. Must be pro-active, enthusiastic, flexible, and results driven
Experience in working with colleagues in other locations, especially offshore development colleagues in India
Previous experience in a financial environment (especially Treasury/payments) is preferable, although not essential
CONTACT AVANTI AT avanti.patel@hays.com OR CALL ME ON 0203 465 0128
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