Technical Lead - Java - Remote

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Java Technical Lead to join our UK Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and there will be an opportunity for you to achieve medium and long-term career goals. There will be a fantastic opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting, large scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sector.

In Short

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining cloud-based software applications.
• Technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with good industry software engineering practices (code quality, CI/CD, security etc).
• Working within a project management/agile delivery methodology.
• Experience in technical ownership for a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping and user story/requirement creation.
• Documentation of solutions (e.g., architecture, configuration, release, support-handover).
• Collaborate and liaise with other Version 1 and customer stakeholders/ end users in the software development lifecycle – PMs, BAs, Testing, Product etc.
• Able to communicate technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Manage, coach and develop junior members of your team and the wider community.
• Fostering a positive working environment and facilitating team collaboration and communication.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message-driven architectures.
• Hands-on developing / coding experience using the following technologies:
• Frontend (JavaScript/TypeScript or Angular or React).
• Backend (Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate).
• NFR / Non-Functional requirement understanding and experience developing applications with this in mind.
• Strong experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach, writing unit and integration tests to ensure high-quality code, and maintaining a robust testing suite for continuous integration and delivery.
• Experience developing REST-based APIs.
• Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift for containerisation and orchestration of applications.
• Experience in developing and deploying solutions on AWS Cloud, with expertise in AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 and EC2 (AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect preferred).
• Ability to lead and co-ordinate stakeholder engagements and meetings.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members.

Benefits

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.