Nucleus Group
Software Developer

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We're looking for a back-end software developer to join our growing technology team.
We’d love to hear from developers with the desire and ability to work across a broad range of disciplines within product delivery, with a primary focus on backend-end software development.
Responsibilities
Working collaboratively alongside other developers and analysts using agile software development methodologies you’ll get involved with:
- Building back-end Java applications for an industry leading wrap platform
- AWS: Serverless, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFormation, CDK
- Data integration with 3rd party providers
- Continuous Integration
- Assessing the impact and benefits of introducing new technologies, APIs and methodologies
- Take responsibility in everything you do to deliver good outcomes for our customers
- Positively demonstrate the Nucleus values and behaviours
- Ensure compliance with Code of Conduct at all times
Skill Requirements
We've always placed more importance on cultural alignment above technical ability but in this role we'd ideally like you to have either experience with or an interest in:
- A solid foundation of Java knowledge or another object oriented programming language
- Building backend applications as part of a cross-functional team
- Appreciate clean code, good software design and best practises in software engineering
- AWS or similar cloud based services
- Relational databases and SQL
- Docker
- GraphQL
- Version Control (such as Git)
- Unit testing
- Agile methodologies
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About you
Your friends would probably describe you as the ‘curious’ one. You’ll be happiest when tinkering with new technologies and finding better ways to deliver phenomenal code. You will enjoy working as part of a multi-functional team, while taking ownership of the work you do to deliver the best solutions.
Smaller teams, constantly learning, being challenged, having your own chunk of responsibility and being trusted to make it happen describe in a nutshell the environment you really thrive in. You want to be part of a collaborative culture where you feel empowered but always know you'll never be left alone.
A little about us
We’re the Nucleus Financial Platforms group and we help make retirement more rewarding.
People come first - whether it’s our colleagues, or the advisers and customers we support, we know that working in partnership and collaboration leads to the best outcomes. Together, we’ve shaped the platform to how it is today. We work hard, and we celebrate hard too.
Our ambition is to create a platform with a difference, putting the customer centre stage meant tearing up the rule book and starting from scratch. We’ve come a long way since then, but our mission remains just as focused. That’s why our culture, values, and social responsibility are things we keep at the top of our agenda – because we know they matter and have a big impact.


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Our culture is one of the many things that sets us apart from the pack. We want to have an environment where our people feel that they can make a real difference, know they’ll be rewarded for their efforts and more importantly, enjoy themselves at work.
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Inclusion and diversity at Nucleus
As with most things in life, who cares, wins. We really care about inclusion.
For us it’s not a tick box exercise; inclusion and diversity are embedded in our culture and everything we do. It’s a commercial imperative. It isn’t about being PC. It’s about being future-relevant and durable. We owe it to ourselves and the industry to ensure we are playing our part in creating a fair, balanced and transparent financial services sector.
More diversity means broader experience, a wider set of perspectives and a better collective ability to problem-solve. And it means being more representative of customer groups, which supports areas such as product development.
At Nucleus, we offer a generous blend of benefits for the things that really matter to our people, including a non-contributory pension, bonus, enhanced parental leave, paid time off for emergencies, health and wellbeing initiatives and flexible working options.
If you’d like to find out more about us or the role, get in touch with Hannah in our People team.
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