Java Developer - Java, Spring, Hibernate, Jenkins, Agile

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Java Developer - Java, Spring, Hibernate, Jenkins, Agile

At Difrent, we have an ambitious growth plan that will see us delivering cutting edge digital services to our Healthcare, Government and Corporate clients.

We are now looking for a proactive and experienced Java Developers who write beautiful code, ideally with previous experience of working in the government digital service space, to join us at our new development centre in Newcastle.

In this role, you'll interact with our clients on one or more agile projects, typically to help deliver a specific product via a multidisciplinary, highly skilled digital team. You'll be adept at working within complex digital projects.

Java Developer - Skills and experience

Essential

Strong core Java skills
Experience of web development with spring MVC or 3+ years with Spring Boot micro services
Excellent knowledge of Spring Framework (3 and above) and a clear understanding of dependency injection
Good understanding of Hibernate/JPA and Object-relational mapping, including performance considerations
Experience with build tools such as Maven, gradle
Continuous Integration- Jenkins/Gitlab Cli
Experience developing REST based web services
Experience integrating systems using a wide variety of protocols like REST, SOAP, JSON and a number of others
Proven ability to understand and troubleshoot large systems, drilling down to code level to identify the root cause of issues
Source Code Management- Git, BitBucket, Subversion
Experience with agile tools and methodologies (eg Scrum, Confluence, JIRA)
Excellent communication skills- written & oral
Must be able to work in a team environment with minimal supervision, comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders.
Significant experience of agile development practices - TDD, BDD, automated builds, continuous integration, tooling to monitor code quality

Java Developer

Desirable

Experience in UI development highly desirable: Angular, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery.
Consultancy experience
Good knowledge and experience of testing frameworks ie Junit, Selenium, Cucumber
Worked on AWS environment and has an understanding of Docker
Working on enterprise search solutions like Solr

Java Developer - Responsibilities

Responsive website and micro services development
Client website support (content, features, functionality)
Research, vet, learn, and deploy bleeding-edge technology and best practices on an ongoing basis
Quickly exterminate bugs
Write scalable, maintainable, and reusable code in an agile environment
Lead the quality assurance control and cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility on all projects
Testing

If you re an experienced Java Developer (Back End or Full Stack) professional looking for an exciting new challenge with a company that offers genuine career progression and personal development, this is a fantastic opportunity to join us at a really exciting time!

Our team comes from a variety of backgrounds and we welcome diversity. If you're unsure, please apply!

Please note that candidates will need to apply for a DBS/criminal record check.

Location: Newcastle

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 p.a. + comprehensive benefits package

How we rate this

Java Developer - Java, Spring, Hibernate, Jenkins, Agile at Difrent rates 22 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.