Staff Back End Engineer

John Lewis PartnershipNew London, CT
78d$92,400Hybrid

About The Position

ABOUT THE ROLE As the UK’s most successful omni-channel retailer, ecommerce is a key part of our business - we run two of the busiest websites in the UK, driving a significant proportion of our sales. Our engineering practice includes 80+ teams, working on everything from Cloud platforms to mobile apps, from ecommerce functionality to machine learning. Have a quick glance of our Engineering best practices, see our engineers talk about their experience and opportunities to learn and grow; Check out our Tech stack, reach out to us if you have any questions. Visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/digital-and-tech/software-engineering-jobs/ At a glance Flexible Working: This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home (in the UK) and London Head Office. However, there will also be an expectation to visit other locations as the need arises. While most engineers visit the office once or twice a month, occasionally business needs may require more frequent attendance. Our offices are open five days a week for those who prefer to work from the office more regularly. Salary: up to £92,400 (depending upon experience) Contract type: Permanent What will you be doing? This is an opportunity to join one of our agile product teams working as a Staff Back-End Software Engineer using Kotlin. You will be leveraging your excellent backend skills from your Kotlin or Java background to build and support new features adding value for Our Business. As a Staff Engineer, you will also use your knowledge of Software Engineering to lead the shaping of new projects and support the professional development of less experienced Engineers. There are opportunities to become a people manager for your fellow engineers if that is something that appeals to you Successful candidates will have a passion for using technology to deliver outstanding and innovative software solutions, and will have a track record of working in teams delivering complex, performant, high quality software. Internally this role is known as Product Engineer (L6).

Requirements

  • Extensive experience leading, coaching and mentoring individuals/teams
  • Expertise in either server side Kotlin or a modern version of Java.
  • A structured approach to systems analysis and development.
  • A good understanding of Microservice Architectures.
  • Experience with application frameworks such as http4k or Spring Boot.
  • An understanding of Agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban.
  • Demonstrable experience in TDD, pair programming.
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
  • REST API development and/or consumption.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
  • Docker, Kubernetes
  • Jenkins, Gitlab CI.

Responsibilities

  • building and support new features adding value
  • lead the shaping of new projects
  • support the professional development of less experienced Engineers
  • opportunities to become a people manager for your fellow engineers
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