Senior Backend Developer

SThree are pleased to announce we’re recruiting for a talented Senior Java Backend Developer to join & guide our excellent team based in our fantastic office space located in 8 Bishopsgate, London.

SThree are building a new candidate digital experience to manage the interactions that candidates and contractors have with SThree. The first part of this journey is to build a contractor onboarding portal to streamline the process from a candidate placement to onboarded contractor. This will then be extended to provide functionality to manage active placements, such as timesheets and expenses.

This role will design, develop, test and support capabilities in our digital experience platform to create competitive advantage for SThree, as part of a small software development team.

About us

SThree is the global STEM-specialist talent partner that connects sought-after specialists in life sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics with innovative organisations across the world. We are the number one destination for talent in the best STEM markets: Recruiting highly skilled professionals and discovering life-changing jobs for the unsung heroes who will positively shape our future.

What are the day-to-day tasks?

• Hands-on design, development and testing of solutions, adhering to SThree’s architectural principles, policies, and guidelines.
• Work with business stakeholders to understand opportunities and to design solutions that deliver the required outcomes.
• Work with other technology teams to design and deliver end-to-end capabilities.
• Integrate solutions with other systems in SThree’s technology landscape, for example CRM and ERP systems.
• Provide support to users and resolve systems issues.
• Configure CICD pipelines to support continuous delivery.
• Maintain infrastructure-as-code to build environments and applications.
• Focus on automation across infrastructure, testing, deployment, operations, and security.
• Coach and mentor junior team members and promote knowledge sharing and collaboration across the team.

What skills and knowledge are we looking for?

• Extensive experience of building web applications on a Java technology stack.
• Experience of RESTful API design and implementation.
• Experience with test-driven development and test automation frameworks and tools.
• Experience of configuring CICD pipelines to support continuous delivery.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform.
• Experience of working in Agile software development teams and across the full software development lifecycle.
• Previous experience of building solutions using Liferay DXP would be beneficial.
• Good understanding of Azure Integration Services (API Management, Service Bus, Event Hub).
• Good understanding of Microsoft Identity Management solutions (Azure AD, Azure AD B2C).
• Good understanding of cloud computing architectures and fundamentals like security, performance, and scalability, with experience of working with cloud technologies in Azure.

Benefits for our U.K. teams include:

• The choice to work flexibly from home and the office, in line with our hybrid working principles
• Bonus linked to company and personal performance
• Generous 28 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Five days paid Caregiver/Dependant leave per annum
• Five paid days off per year for volunteering `
• Private healthcare, discounted dental insurance and health care cashback scheme
• Opportunity to participate in the company share scheme
• Access to a range of retail discounts and saving

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