Java Developer - Contract Inside IR35 - Reading / Croydon

Extensive server-side, hands-on Java 8+ development experience with strong Spring, Spring Boot & Hibernate
Strong understanding of Microservice architecture
Experience building web services and APIs on REST
Strong understanding of unit & integration tests, following TDD/BDD
Experience using test frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Power Mockito & Wire mock.
Experience and understanding of CICD pipeline of Docker, Jenkins, and Kubernetes
Experience with Front End technologies: HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Mustache Templates
Led a team of Java developers to deliver high-quality software solutions.
Design and develop Java applications, APIs, and microservices.
Work collaboratively with other teams to ensure seamless integration of software components.
Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
Actively participating in architectural & design discussions
Experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance to the team.
Take ownership of scrum team's timelines and deliverables
Proposing solutions to complex problems that are in the boundary of the existing system architecture.
Have an ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
Understanding of all the agile ceremonies.
Experience in Relational Database Management System (eg PostgreSQL)

Nice to have skills:Knowledge of Workflow/Business Process Management tools
Experience with Performance and Monitoring tools: JMeter, Kibana, Splunk, Dynatrace
Experience writing Shell script.
Understanding of Python
Good understanding on AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, API Gateway and Serverless technologies)
Integration Engine tools: Apache Camel and Active MQ for messaging, web services and distributed systems