Principal Software Engineer (Java)

Salary Competitive

THE ROLE: This exciting and varied role will involve the architecture, design, development and delivery of customer products and solutions. This is a key role within experienced Agile and DevOps teams as part of Anaeko's Cloud Data and Analytics organisation. The role will involve customer exposure, component design, development, testing and operations. Innovation, initiative, continuous development and career progression are expected and supported.


We are hiring a Principal Software Engineer (Java)


JOB TITLE: Principal Software Engineer

REPORTING TO: Technical Project Manager

LOCATION: Belfast or Enniskillen

WORKING AT ANAEKO:

Founded in 2004 by a team that pioneered innovations in mobile messaging, mobile internet and the Internet of Things, Anaeko is a leading intelligent multi-cloud analytics expert that emphasises quality, speed and innovation. For the past 15 years, Anaeko has innovated on behalf of global technology companies in the fields of mobile computing, social media, cloud computing, big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT).Our clients rely on us to innovate on their behalf and solve their most complex technical challenges as part of their R&D efforts to build their products and solutions.We bring decades of integration experience and a “can do” attitude to the increasingly changing cloud landscape. Located in Belfast and Enniskillen, we serve customers in the UK, Europe, Asia and the USA.As the movement to the cloud continues to rapidly expands, we are experiencing unprecedented growth across three main competency disciplines: AWS, Azure and RedHat.At Anaeko, we recognise that the world of work has changed and our people have different needs and expectations from their employment and their employer. If you are someone who values:

  • Working with and learning from teams of experts

  • On-going development of new skills to tackle new challenges and meet customer expectations

  • The opportunity to build new competencies and gain certifications across our core disciplines – AWS, Azure, and RedHat

  • Working with big brand names on their R&D efforts

  • Working with leading edge Multi-Cloud technology

  • Variety in the technologies and projects you work on

  • Being part of multi-disciplinary teams working on multiple use cases

  • Regular rotation to develop new skills and work with new technologies

  • Being rewarded and promoted for your own personal contribution – rather than being time served or restricted by glass ceilings or quotas

  • Variety in career paths and choices

  • Being part of a stable and growing Company with low level attrition

  • A lean management structure with quick decision making and progress

  • Flexible working approaches

  • Opportunities to travel and work directly with customers

  • Opportunities to support the local tech ecosystem

  • A positive, fun and open Company culture

then Anaeko is the perfect fit for you!


THE ROLE:

This exciting and varied role will involve the architecture, design, development and delivery of customer products and solutions. This is a key role within experienced Agile and DevOps teams as part of Anaeko's Cloud Data and Analytics organisation. The role will involve customer exposure, component design, development, testing and operations. Innovation, initiative, continuous development and career progression are expected and supported.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide technical leadership to teams

  • Architect, design and implement technical solutions for customer projects using Java

  • Agile requirements specifications, component designs and interface specifications

  • Test-driven development, component testing and participating in system and integration testing

  • Develop technical documentation for defined solutions/components

  • Contribute to peer reviews of designs, code and test specifications

  • Mentor junior team members

  • Agile reporting to Technical Project Managers and Customers

  • Continuous innovation and improvement


ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

  • Degree in a relevant discipline e.g. Computer Science, Software Engineering (or alternatively possessing broader experience than required below)

  • At least 10 years commercial software development experience

  • At least 5 years commercial experience in the development of Java based products or solutions including architecture and design

  • Experience of full-stack development

  • Well-practiced in software architecture and design concepts and have experience applying them in the development of enterprise level software products.

  • Motivation to drive the highest quality solutions through to completion, within budget and on-time.

  • A problem solver well versed in agile principles and best practices.

  • Excellent customer facing skills, have the ability to communicate complex design solutions to all stake holders within the team.

  • Proficient on Linux OS with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.

  • Solid understanding of highly available, highly performant, distributed architectures

  • Have a keen interest in identifying mundane and repetitive work and designing continuous integration solutions to eliminate these tasks

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal with the ability to represent complex design solutions to stakeholders.

  • Technical skills in the following

  • Gradle & maven build framework

  • JUnit & Javadoc experience

  • Java performance optimization

  • Debugging memory issues

  • Multithreaded programming

  • Spring & Springboot

  • Experience in consuming REST API's

  • Build automation experience using Jenkins


DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

  • Experience in packaging java projects for distribution on maven repository

  • S3 experience

  • Experience in version control using Git repos (GitHub)

  • Python development experience


ANAEKO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:

In addition to the quality and variety of work combined with on-going professional development, Anaeko offers its employees the following benefits:

  • Market Competitive Salary

  • Bonus Scheme

  • 24 days holiday per year plus 10 statutory holidays

  • 5% match contributory pension scheme

  • Private Medical Insurance

  • Life Assurance at 4 x salary

  • Childcare Vouchers

  • Free car parking

  • Flexible working models

  • Office locations in Belfast and Enniskillen

  • Regular social activities for all the team

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Healthcare insurance
Healthcare insurance

Break a leg! Seriously, we got you covered in our company healthcare plan.

Maternity / paternity leave
Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

Pension plan
Pension plan

We take care of you, even when you are old and wrinkly.

Skill development
Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

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Working at
Anaeko

Anaeko is Your Digital Services Partner for Integrated Analytics, Hybrid Cloud Integration,  Storage Optimisation, and Multi Cloud DevOps for Improving Public Services. We help organisations adopt cloud computing. Anaeko is a Hybrid Cloud Integrator specializing in the development and test of hybrid cloud products and solutions. We help organizations adopt cloud computing through the Agile Integration of Cloud Services and Enterprise Applications. Founded in 2004 by a team that pioneered innovations in mobile messaging, mobile internet and the Internet of Things, our clients rely on us to innovate on their behalf and to solve their most complex technical challenges. We bring decades of integration experience and a “can do” attitude to the increasingly changing cloud landscape. Headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, we serve customers in the UK, Europe and US.

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