The ideal candidate will have substantial experience of leading teams, developing front-ends using React/JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3 & back-end RESTful services in Java and Spring Boot, and be very familiar with Scrum, TDD, and CI. 

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain back-end RESTful APIs using Java, and Spring Boot and front-ends using React, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3.
  
• Help refine and adhere to our coding standards, best practices, and guidelines to ensure code quality and maintainability.
  
• Collaborate with product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, and contribute to architectural discussions and design decisions.
  
• Champion Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles, writing unit tests and integration tests to ensure software robustness, reliability, and maintainability.
  
• Ensure your team follows our end-to-end SDLC (based on scrum) and help drive efficiency and productivity by helping track appropriate metrics, identifying areas for improvement and helping implement them.
  
• Contribute towards and guide your team in producing appropriate (pragmatic and concise) technical documentation.
  
• Help troubleshoot and resolve issues with production systems.
  
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to less experienced developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team.
  
• Ensure your team remains happy, engaged, and motivated.
  

Desired Experience and Qualifications

• You have accumulated considerable knowledge and experience of software development (front-end and back-end) through a strong relevant engineering degree and at least 8 years of relevant working experience.
  
• You have 6+ years of experience of Java development with Spring Boot and JPA.
  
• You have 2+ years of experience of front-end development with React.
  
• You are well-versed with TDD, unit testing and CI.
  
• You have worked as a member of a scrum team and you have a good working knowledge of the key principles of scrum and agile methodologies in general.
  
• You are intimately familiar with good development practices and principles such as SOLID, DRY, and design patterns.
  
• You have worked with both relational and NoSQL databases and have a good working knowledge of SQL.
  
• Familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes would be a distinct advantage, but is not essential.