Senior Java Developer - Linux & Oracle (Manchester)
Senior software engineer on the Worldwide Payments Gateway team at a global payments company: writes maintainable Java code on Linux with Oracle, breaks down business requirements, mentors teammates and supports the technical lead, with bonus exposure to REST APIs, TDD and web security.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Proven experience and/or genuine passion for software development
- Degree level education in computing, math, science or equivalent
- Knowledge/practical application of agile methodologies
- Track record delivering work to schedule and to specification
- Experience of software development on Java, Oracle and Linux technologies
- Collaborative, accountable mindset with a 'think like a client' attitude
Nice to have
- Experience with SOLID principles and software design patterns
- Experience with REST APIs
- Experience with Test-Driven Development
- Knowledge of web application security
- Knowledge of prompting AI to get desired outcomes
Full description
Job Posting Description
Ready to take your career global?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for Software Engineer Senior to join our ever-evolving Worldwide Payments Gateway team and help shape the future of global commerce.
What you’ll own
Working with the Development Manager and as part of the team you will be contributing with your own code to the team’s delivery while providing technical leadership, helping other team members and ensuring the team delivers following sound engineering principles of software craftmanship.
You will also strive to advance the department and wider Development community by actively contributing to department initiatives.
Your responsibilities will be:
- Produce well structured, maintainable, reliable and fit for purpose code at an accepted level of quality.
- Refine and break down business requirements in work items the team can implement.
- Support the technical lead, liaising with Architecture and other stakeholders on technical matters.
- Proactively identify and suggest improvements and enhancements to working practices to team and departmental level.
- Demonstrate a can-do attitude and a sense of responsibility for the wider implications of software engineering.
- Demonstrate a flexible approach necessary for the role as business requirements and their relative priorities are subject to review and change.
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience and/or a genuine passion for software development
- Degree level education (in related subject of computing, math, science) or equivalent
- Knowledge/practical application of agile methodologies
- Track record in delivering work to schedule and to specification
- Experience of Software development on Java, Oracle and Linux technologies
- Humble – You never stop learning, no matter how experienced you are. You create a culture where honesty and accountability are valued
- Accountable – You never standing still, never settle. You work at pace to achieve your goals
- Determined - You stay open – winning, and failing, as one. Always looking for solutions that add value
- A ‘think like a client’ mindset by understanding what matters to our customers
- A proactive, accountable approach by taking ownership and acting early
- A collaborative attitude that allows us to win together