Remote Engineer | Java

  • Collaborating with the team to develop clean, maintainable features and resolve end-to-end issues, utilising various approaches to ensure we deliver outstanding outcomes to our customers efficiently and effectively
  • Contributing to the management of technical debt, ensuring Legal & General's systems remain secure, resilient, and reliable
  • Enhancing and refining testing methodologies within the team to ensure the highest quality customer experience, with a strong focus on security, usability, and accessibility
  • Participating in code reviews, emphasising both functional and non-functional requirements such as performance, resiliency, maintainability, and security, to consistently produce high-quality, safe software for our customers
  • Engaging in continuous improvement efforts related to security, quality, deployment, monitoring, and operations, enabling the seamless release and operation of safe, performant, and resilient systems in production
  • Actively participating in developer team meetings to keep colleagues informed and foster a culture of knowledge sharing. Communicating effectively and collaborate continuously with team members to ensure smooth delivery of development activities within the sprint timebox
  • Pursuing ongoing skill development through relevant training in your role discipline
    • Proven hands-on experience in building microservices using Java and Spring Boot
    • Solid understanding of clean code principles and architecture concepts such as SOLID and Onion
    • Demonstrated expertise in crafting large-scale, well-optimised, and maintainable software features, ensuring robust and efficient solutions
    • Good grasp of at least one layered backend application architecture, including three-tier, hexagonal, or onion
    • Proficiency in test-driven development and familiarity with the testing pyramid.
    • Comprehensive understanding of Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and other release strategies
    • Proven ability to analyse, debug, and resolve highly complex issues, showcasing your critical thinking and technical prowess
    • Excellent communication skills, with strong proficiency in both spoken and written English

    Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

    • The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
    • Generous pension contribution
    • Life assurance
    • Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
    • At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years' service. There's also the option to buy and sell holiday
    • Competitive family leave
    • Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice
    • There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
    • In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Job Details

Company
Legalandgeneral
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Hybrid / Remote Options
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted