Java Engineer

Job Title: Java Engineer
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: Depending on experience
Location: #smartworking, hybrid working and flexible approach to location.

Java Engineer: At Ageas we are looking for Java Engineers who wants to make a difference, to do it right and do it together with their team. You'll be part of a team helping us to develop internal and external systems, websites, APIs and service layers so that our customers can get peace of mind with the right insurance cover for their homes, wheels, and pets and so our staff can make life easy when it's time to make a claim.

As a Java Engineer, you will be designing new functionality, suggesting enhancements, and tackling technical debt. This involves understanding and clarifying business requirements, providing estimates, producing design documents, refining ideas with Architecture and other developers, writing code, creating automated tests, supporting your work as it goes through rigorous user testing and implementing changes, all within project deadlines.

Skills and experience you need as a Java Engineer:

· A solid background in web development with extensive knowledge in Java and experience of Spring Boot to create web APIs

· Experience of creating unit tests

· Exposure to software management tools GIT, Git Hub, or Subversion.

· Webservices (RESTful/SOAP/JSON etc.)

· Effective analytical skills, taking a methodical approach to problem solving

· Good knowledge of web design, development, architecture, and standards (including coding for accessibility)

· Broad understanding of front and back-end development

· Proactive and self-organised with the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities

· Strong team working and collaboration skills (communication is critical)

· A positive approach to challenges, enthusiasm to tackle new technology and ability to take ownership

· Some knowledge of agile methodology and practices is beneficial

You will also support live applications and we are looking for someone who naturally suggests incremental improvements whether it is to the processes followed during the software delivery lifecycle (SDLC), architectural design decisions or tools.

While you may favour back end development, we would encourage you to stretch your skills to be involved with both front end and back end work to ensure the team can deliver the diverse work in our remit.

That sounds like a lot to take on, but don't worry, we're all in it together! Coaching and learning are part of the team's DNA, so you'll be able to help others and get the help you need, just by asking. Curiosity will get you a long way - if you are naturally inquisitive, pro-active about finding out more, confident to try things out and keen to deliver to a high standard, you'll fit right in.

Our products range from simple web services to web front ends to full end-to-end systems. Some are traditional server-hosted products and others are cloud-based so there is plenty of opportunity to stretch your comfort zone. Our back ends are mainly written in Java and our front ends are mainly written using React.

You will be working closely with the business, analysts and testers and will be involved at all stages of the development lifecycle from the initial idea to the delivery. You will be an active participant in daily catch-ups where you will provide honest updates about progress towards agreed goals, what happened yesterday, what's planned for today and whether anything is in the way.

We're committed to doing the right thing for our customers, so everything that we do is centred on their fair treatment - it's one of the first things we encourage you to learn.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

· Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 31 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

· Supporting your Health - Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Yoga, Mindfulness.

· Supporting your Wealth - Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

· Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more...

· Benefits for Them - Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

· Getting Around - Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

· Get some Tech - Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

· Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave

About Ageas:

We're one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our people help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a Stonewall diversity champion and a Disability Confident Employer (which means interviews are guaranteed for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum role criteria). For more information please see Ageas Everyone.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we're always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we're open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.
To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.

Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.