Java Software Engineer

My client in the Media Broadcast space is looking for a Software Engineer is to design and implement solutions utilising a variety of technologies, frameworks and platforms in order to deliver industry leading solutions. The successful candidate will be highly focussed on quality through the use of good engineering practices and the application of behaviour/test-driven development (BDD/TDD) practices from the inception of the project through to completion.

You will have the following experience:

* Experience writing robust software for large-scale web applications in a fast changing environment with rapid release cycles.
* Demonstrable competence in one or more mainstream development frameworks and design patterns for example Spring and REST (JAX-RS)
* Experience of relational database and SQL query design.
* Experience of Agile development practices including TDD.
Pair programming with developers with a range of ability and knowledge.
* Highly proficient in writing good quality object-oriented code using two or more of the following languages Java, JavaScript, Ruby or PHP.
* Experience with HTML, HTTP and XML.
* Highly proficient with web services (e.g. RESTful services), including the ability to programmatically interact with data formats that may include XML, JSON and RDF.
* Proven ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, to perform business analysis and produce relevant acceptance criteria.
* Using test automation framework, code quality tools and performance analysis tools.
* Understanding of major browsers and browser development tools.
* Working knowledge of version control systems to ensure version control of test/development artefacts.
* Proficient in the design and execution effective functional tests.
* Experience of supporting, modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by 3rd parties.
* Basic understanding of writing monitoring hooks and using performance benchmarking tools.
* Basic understanding of writing optimised secure code.
* Experience using continuous integration as an integral part of a project.

Working knowledge of major operating systems, including Windows, OSX and Linux.