Junior/Mid-Level Full Stack Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Design and develop software functionalities utilizing Java or Kotlin, Spring Boot, and contemporary web technologies.

• Create RESTful APIs to support internal systems and integrations.

• Engage in front-end development employing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, or AngularJS.

• Produce clean, readable, and maintainable code.

• Query, structure, and manage data within relational and NoSQL databases.

• Ensure quality through unit, integration, and functional testing.

• Take part in code reviews and assist in defect resolution.

• Utilize Git, build tools, and CI/CD pipelines in daily development tasks.

• Collaborate with product teams, QA, design, DevOps, and fellow engineers.

• Implement engineering practices concerning security, performance, accessibility, and maintainability.

• Assume ownership of assigned tasks and contribute to collective engineering best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately 2 to 5 years of experience in software development, ideally within a commercial setting.

• Practical experience with Java or Kotlin and object-oriented programming principles.

• Familiarity with Spring Boot or comparable backend frameworks.

• Proficient understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.

• Knowledge of Git, collaborative development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automated delivery methods.

• Test-first mindset and eagerness to write and maintain automated tests.

• Capability to function effectively within an agile team and communicate clearly.

• Openness to learning, enhancing skills, and assuming greater technical responsibility.

• Experience or foundational knowledge of Spring Framework, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, or similar backend technologies.

• Comprehension of REST APIs and service-oriented development.

• Front-end experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ideally TypeScript.

• Familiarity with React, Angular, AngularJS, or Vue, modern front-end patterns, or legacy front-end modernization.

• Exposure to AWS or Azure, containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.

• Experience with or progression towards WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards.

• Background in secure, regulated, or operationally sensitive environments.

• Eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance where necessary, including required residency and vetting conditions.

• Must possess the right to work in the UK.

• Must demonstrate an existing right to work and travel within the UK.

• Subject to successful vetting, references, and occupational health checks; a DBS check may also be necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

• Private Medical Cover provided by NEC for Employees (with the option to include family members at an additional cost).

• 25 days of paid vacation with the option to buy/sell (FTE).

• Life assurance coverage at 4 times the basic salary funded by NEC (with an option to increase coverage at an extra cost).

• A Group Pension Plan featuring excellent employer contributions of up to 8.5%.

• A variety of flexible benefits tailored to meet your individual needs.

• Complimentary access to LinkedIn Learning with over 15,000 courses available.