Senior Java Developer

Why we’re different:

At Capgemini, we help organizations across the world become more agile, more competitive and more successful. Smart, tailored, often ground-breaking technical solutions to complex problems are the norm. But so, too, is a culture that’s as collaborative as it is forward thinking. Working closely with each other, and with our clients, we get under the skin of businesses and to the heart of their goals. You will too.


Capgemini is proud to represent nearly 130 nationalities and its cultural diversity. Our holistic definition of diversity extends beyond gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, race, age and religion. Capgemini views diversity as everything that makes us who we are as an organization, including our social background, our experiences in life and work, our communication styles and even our personality. These dimensions contribute to the type of diversity we value the most: diversity of thought.

Desirable experience of:

-Successfully delivering performant, scalable and long-transactional digital services in complex and highly regulatory -environments;
-Java 8 and dependency injection, building asynchronous microservices with RESTful APIs;
-JAX-RS for REST APIs;
-JMS;
-NoSQL;
-JavaScript frameworks (e.g. ReactJS, NodeJS, Angular);
-Automated testing with Junit and Mockito;
-Designing microservice-based architectures using domain driven design (DDD) , CQRS and Event Sourcing patterns;
-Containerization technologies: Docker or Kubernetes;
-JIRA / Confluence;
-Python;
-PowerShell;
-Chef;
-IBM ODM Rules development;

Who you’ll be working with:

You’ll be joining a passionate, professional and highly skilled team of engineers who specialize in agile custom software development and integration at an enterprise scale. Innovation in delivery is always at the forefront of our minds, which is why we utilize a variety of Open Source and proprietary technologies to achieve the best possible outcome for the client.


The focus of your role:

You will be a senior member of the engineering team bringing a mix of architecture skills, leadership as well as hands on development. As a hands on technologist we would expect you to be at least 70% hands on delivery. You will be designing and developing some of the most innovative software solutions available for our clients. This will include development of both client and server side software following recognized standards and patterns. With a demonstrable Agile mind-set, demonstrable technical leadership, you’ll have ample opportunity to illustrate your love of development and passion for technology. Your main area of expertise will be in Java and JVM related technologies but you will also bring to the table other related experience.


What you’ll do:

-Be responsible for the specification, development, unit testing and implementation of complex multi-tier applications;
-Enhance existing applications to meet changes in need and requirement;
-Provide technical support for the transition of applications into live service and support;
-Corroborate projects are delivered on time and on budget;
-Ensure that functional and non-functional requirements are appropriately implemente;

What you’ll bring:

-Excellent knowledge of Java and core open source technologies and frameworks; experience of building scalable, resilient applications;
-Experience of the core XP practices of TDD, Pair Programming, and Continuous Integration;
-Demonstrable experience in one or more technology stacks, e.g. Spring (e.g. Core, MVC, Data, Boot/Cloud), Integration Technologies (Spring Integration, Apache Camel, REST, Messaging), Spring Framework 5 (preferably with experience of Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Hystrix);
-Experience of WebSphere (or experience with alternative JEE App servers e.g. JBoss, Glassfish);
-Hands on development experience with hibernate, quartz and bootstrap technologies and Microsoft SQL Server;
-Understanding of Bitbucket (or experience with alternative GIT repositories e.g. GitHub, GitLab);
-Awareness of Jenkins (or experience with alternative CICD e.g. TeamCity, Bamboo, Drone);
-Exposure to Antifactory (or experience with alternative Binary Management e.g. Nexus, Archiva);
-Familiarity with working in collaborative teams;
-Involvement in pragmatic architecture, using just enough to get the job done;
-SC Cleared or Clearable;

What we’ll offer you:

Are you interested to work with and learn from the best, most inspiring engineers in the UK? Do you want to be encouraged and recognized for giving back to the open source community? Do you want to be rewarded for striving to continually improve? Do you want to build your personal brand through blogging, contributing to Open source and public speaking ?

Coupled with the training, tooling, development and career progression of a large multinational business, this goes some way to describing what’s in it for you at Capgemini. We work with some of the world’s largest brands, in some of the most interesting and complex projects underway in modern IT.

Benefits:

-Flexible working environment within a dynamic team;
-Access to various training programs and platforms (e.g.: content provided by -Pluralsight, Harvard and Coursera);
-Attractive benefits package (meal tickets, medical services, gym discounts);
-ESPP(employee stock purchase program);
-Opportunity to work with Top Clients on large projects;
-Continuous learning and improvement activities;
-Dynamic, international working environment;
-Long term career development programs;