Response Informatics
Full Stack Engineer
Northampton
Posted about 14 hours ago
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Role: Full Stack Engineer (Java)
Location: Northampton, UK
Type of contract: Permanent opportunity (Hybrid)
Purpose of the Role:
To design, develop and improve software, utilizing various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
Experience Required
10-15+ years of experience in backend development. (AVP role)
Basic / Essential Qualifications:
- Proficiency in full-stack development with hands-on coding experience in Core Java, JPA/Hibernate, Spring framework, and basic caching concepts
- Knowledge of Spring ecosystem technologies including Spring Boot and Spring-Data
- Skilled in creating rich, interactive React/Angular based frontend applications.
- Experience building secure and scalable applications following enterprise design principles
- Solid coding practices for RESTful API development and consumption with understanding of OpenAPI/Swagger specifications
- Understanding of API security protocols and authentication mechanisms (OAuth2, JWT) including TLS.
- Good database development skills with relational (RDBMS) databases and exposure to NoSQL technologies
- Experience with microservices architecture and event-driven design patterns
- Ability to participate in code reviews and apply feedback effectively
- Understanding of code quality tools like SonarQube and security scanning tools
- Familiarity with developer tools including Maven, Gradle, Git, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab)
- Good understanding of Agile development practices
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or OpenShift
- Knowledge of testing methodologies including unit testing and test automation
- Good communication skills and team collaboration abilities
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Desirable Skills (Good to Have)
Some other highly valued skills may include:
- Experience with frontend technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and exposure to frameworks such as Angular or React
- SQL optimization skills with Oracle or similar RDBMS
- Experience with API documentation tools
- Troubleshooting capabilities for resolving performance issues
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker)
- Basic understanding of release and change management processes
- Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium)
- Exposure to monitoring and observability solutions
- Understanding of message broker concepts such as Kafka
- API & UI testing experience
- Test tools – Playwright, selenium, Cypress, Cucumber
- Proficient in using JIRA and defect management process
- Knowledge and experience of scaled agile
- TDD experience
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Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
- Develop and deliver high-quality backend software solutions using Java and Spring Boot.
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs and microservices.
- Troubleshoot application server issues and optimize performance in production environments.
- Build modular and maintainable backend architecture aligned with business needs.
- Integrate applications with databases, messaging systems, and cloud services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and engineers.
- Ensure code quality through best practices, code reviews, and clean coding standards.
- Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices.
- Implement secure coding practices to safeguard applications and data.
- Write and maintain unit/integration tests to ensure software reliability.
- Support deployment, monitoring, and production stability of applications.
- Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
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Skills
Java
Spring Boot
Spring Framework
React
Angular
Microservices
RESTful API
Hibernate
OAuth2
JWT
RDBMS
NoSQL
AWS
OpenShift
CI/CD
Agile