Java Software Engineer Team Lead
| Posting date: | 06 February 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 0PT |
| Company: | NatWest Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R-00249944 |
Summary
Join us as a Java Software Engineer Team Lead
- This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Java Software Engineer Team Lead
- You’ll be designing, producing, testing and implementing working software, working across the lifecycle of the system
- Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role
What you'll do
Working in a scrum team, you’ll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You’ll be line managing a small team of dedicated Java developers and you’ll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives.
You’ll also be:
- Realising exciting business functionality on a team-owned microservice platform hosted on AWS
- Applying Agile methods to the development of software on the backlog
- Producing resilient and long-lived software and acting flexibly to cope with future needs
- Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping
- Designing and developing software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, using executable patterns
The skills you'll need
We’re looking for someone with strong Java and SpringBoot experience in software design and implementation, including being able to solve complex problems. You’ll also need to be capable of complex requirements analysis capture and validation against and with business and systems requirements.
Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:
- Experience of leading the implementation of programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance
- Sound collaboration skills with the ability to work with business teams to produce pragmatic solutions that work for the business
- Experience of information security policies and practices within the financial sector
- Strong stakeholder management skills and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple way