Full - Stack Web Developer

THE ROLE 

We are seeking talented and self-motivated Full-Stack Web Developers at all levels with skills in Java/JVM and Front End web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript. You will be joining a new and fast-growing agile team in our Camden offices in London to help design and build a high volume, high availability and high performance web site. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in changing the way that web products are delivered within the company, devising and implementing a modern approach to software engineering that enables continuous delivery and releasing features on-demand. You will be part of a cross-functional product development group using agile management and engineering practices. 

KEY TASKS 

- Work as part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional, agile product development team to develop a new responsive web application from the ground up 
- Website development in Java and Front End technologies such as HTML5, CSS and JavaScript 
- Building a nimble, cloud-based JVM distributed architecture 
- Integrate with wider enterprise systems using service oriented architecture 
- Develop automated tests 
- Peer review other developers' code 
- Work with Product Managers and QA to ensure software is high quality and meets user requirements 
- Produce any necessary documentation 
- Help to grow the London teams by assisting with the recruitment of other developers and team members 
- Support the live site as required 

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE 

- Web development on the JVM using Java and possibly other JVM languages 
- MVC framework experience with Play! or similar 
- Web service development using frameworks such as Dropwizard, SCALATRA, Hysterix or similar 
- Front End development skill including HTML5, CSS AND JAVASCRIPT 
- XML technologies and familiarity with XSL transforms 
- Instrumentation of web applications for fine-grained monitoring using New Relic or similar 
- Agile experience with Scrum/Kanban/XP 
- Experience with agile engineering practices such as TDD, PAIR PROGRAMMING, Continuous Integration, automated testing and deployment 
- A positive, constructive approach with an emphasis on collaboration and good execution