Java API Software Engineer

Job Req ID: 21750

Posting Date: 12 Sep 2024

Function: Software Engineering

Unit: Digital

Location:

Riverside Tower, Belfast (N.I), United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive with benefits

This role is Hybrid in Belfast 3 days a week

About BT

BT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.

We're now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And we're on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.

So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT (https://www.btplc.com/Careercentre/lifeatbt/index.htm) .

Why this job matters

We’re on one of the biggest digital transformations to be a modern technology company. To help us get there, we’re looking for passionate and capable software engineers who think creatively, thrive on problem solving, and really know cutting-edge technologies. Our teams work as agile squads made up of colleagues and business partners. We build and run the applications that bill, invoice, and collect payments for all customers of our customer facing businesses. Right now, most of our applications run on Oracle databases, using Java, PLSQL and SQL. As part of our transformation, we’re building new services in Java, and Python, making our applications suitable to run in the public cloud and leveraging the power of cloud data capabilities for data reporting, analytics, and AI. We need you to come and help us make this a reality.

What you’ll be doing

You will play an integral role in the above digital transformation, by doing the following:

• Driving automation and cloud readiness.

• Reviewing data, solving complex problems, and creating data solutions

• Inputting, understanding, and challenging engineering conclusions, and empowering your squad to be autonomous.

• Collaborating with other engineering leaders to contribute to company-wide engineering best practices and standards.

• Providing technical knowledge to consult on significant component(s) of a solution, as well as taking responsibility for the software deliverables.

• Supporting and coaching a team of high performing software engineers and driving continuous improvement across your squad.

Skills and Experiences

Its not just about the technologies you work with, its about your approach and methods to coding and how you work in a team environment. As such were looking for you to be a:

Important Skills

• Skilled software engineer, with up-to-date skills, and passionate about high quality,

secure and performant software

• Proactive about learning and coaching others

• Proficient in agile ways of working

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment as part of a DevOps culture

• Proficient with Java API's, AWS, SQL and one or more strongly typed languages (e.g. Go,

Python)

• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, and data technologies (e.g. Hadoop,

Spark, Dataflow, BigQuery, Dataproc)

• Good communicator, able to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders

Bonus points for (but not essential):

• Experience working with Google Cloud data tools.

• Hold one or more Google or other cloud platform certification

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Spring, Scala, and/or Kafka

• Experience leading a software engineering team

• Experience working in or running an SRE team

Experiences

A skilled software engineer with a solid understanding of the importance of test-driven development, shared code ownership, agile methodologies, API design and the management of technical debt.

Collaborating with other engineers to deliver high quality, reliable and maintainable solutions.

Delight customers by delivering rapid agile change while the teamwork at a sustainable pace.

Troubleshoot and solve complex problems.

Contributing to technical decisions and direction in a collaborative team environment, including architecture, estimation, product planning, user story/requirement creation.

Ensuring code reviews and quality standards are maintained.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

10% on target bonus

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.

50% off BT and EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans

Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages

BT TV, including BT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids

30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.