Software Developer Backend (SFIA5)

Zaizi is looking for a Senior Software Developer with solid technology skills, but who is also passionate about improving outcomes and the user experience. You’ll be reliable in your own deliverables but also curious about and offer innovative ideas to others in a mutli-disciplinary team. Our work culture is inclusive, modern, friendly, and democratic. We look for bright, positive-thinking individuals with a can-do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you'll fit right in! Requirements Essential skills: Ways of working Developing digital solutions delivered to the GDS standardDemonstrable experience working on Agile environmentsDemonstrable experience working on product development environments based on observation, experimentation and user researchDemonstrable experience working in multi-disciplinary/DevOps teams which include product owner/manager, UX designers, UX researchers, Developers, Platform engineers, etcDemonstrable experience working on continuous improvement environments doing multiple releases every weekTeam leadership and mentoring experienceIntegrity / honesty Coding and testing: Demonstrable experience designing, coding and debugging Golang based systemsGood skills in web front end technologies such as HTML, CSS, BootstrapGolangSpring BootDockerKubernetesAtlassianBuild tools: Maven, Gradle, AntFamiliar with source control systems, such as GIT, including branching, merging, etc.Testing: TDD, unit testing, JUnit, Mockito, CypressGood knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL including data modelling, SQL scripts, store proceduresShift to the left: Functional test automation (API testing, UI testing [cucumber, nightwatch) Nice to have skills: AWSKnowledge of Open Source BPMN workflow engines (Camunda, Activiti or Flowable)Experience on a front-end javascript framework such as react, angular or vue.jsRedHat OpenShift for container orchestrationKnowledge of NCSC’s 14 cloud security principles. You don’t meet all the requirements? Studies show that women and black, Asian and minority ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to still apply. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role here at Zaizi. SC Clearance: Zaizi works with UK Central Government departments on a range of projects. To be able to work on our customer projects, employees must be Security Cleared to a standard acceptable to our Government customers. Due to this restriction we can currently only recruit candidates who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously.