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Senior Engineer (Java) Barbour EHS Location: Remote Salary: £40,000+ per annum Job Type: Full time / Permanent Job Description About Us Barbour EHS is a trusted and comprehensive provider of regulatory information, guidance, standards and resources to support organisations with their EHS compliance. Our knowledge of complex legislation and our flexible tools empower them to simplify and manage their diverse range of regulatory responsibilities. We help industry professionals to stay on top of ever-changing developments, ensuring their organisation keeps people safe and protects the environment. About the role We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineer (Java) to join our busy software development team to work closely with the architect and the team on a variety of projects. With a strong level of experience and expertise in Java, the Senior Engineer will lead the development and integration work with a team of developers and will be responsible for oversight of the development team. The responsibilities will include collaboration on design features, preparation and review of technical specifications, writing storyboards, coding in Java (and other languages as appropriate), analysing data and contributing to the design and implementation of software. With AI at the core of our new developments, the Senior Engineer will have responsibility for the development and validation of products, systems and components in the CI/CD cycle of a replatforming of the core product, as well as working on other new components and projects to drive the business forward. Analysis and direction of recommendations for problem resolution in the overall design of the new platform and work with the team to improve the performance and efficiency of existing products and provide support to BAU. To be successful, applicants should demonstrate great skills in creativity and innovation, an ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment, and possess excellent communication skills. Applicants must have strong experience in Agile software development using JavaScript, be able to keep up to date with deadlines, and have strong numeracy and analytical skills. The applicant should have a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and data environments and should be adept with use of MySQL and various development tools (detailed below). An interest in DevOps and SecOps would also be favourable. Key Duties: - Performing coding assignments which provide reusable, testable and efficient code.
- Designing and implementing low latency, high availability and performant applications.
- Integration of data storage solutions.
- Implementation of security and data protection.
- Reviewing code work for accuracy and functionality.
- Creating and implementing design plans.
- Analysing code segments regularly.
- Creation of APIs.
- Microservices Architectural models and implementation of microservices in AWS.
- Effective delegation to team members.
- Plan multiple projects simultaneously. Estimate, track and complete projects on time and within budget / estimation.
- Ability to understand the development required to enable the design requirements to be delivered.
- Adept at creating coherent story boards for consideration and approval by the Architectural Review Board.
- Analyse design specifications and applicable regulations / legislation and apply into product.
- Define the functional analysis of the design specifications (based on standards) into clear product criteria.
- Standing up services and environments in Azure and AWS and working server-side with new technologies.
- Support the creation and maintenance of process documentation associated with the design and analysis process.
- Support the Solutions Architect about specifications knowledge and product robustness if required.
- Participate in design reviews.
- Use tools to gather data on systems performance.
- Use gathered data alongside subjective evaluation to identify parameter changes to drive desired change in the systems performance.
- Define, plan and actively involved in software development and evaluation.
- Undertake special projects as required.
- Contribute to continuous improvement activities.
- Quality control of own, junior staff and others work through reviews.
- Attend various meetings and action / communicate instructions.
- Product written reports and make presentations as required.
- Undertake continuous training and development.
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
People Management - Lead groups of Engineers and Technicians as required.
- Provides guidance and advice to other team members.
- Undertake formal 1-2-1 meetings and working with team members on any development plans.
- Train both team and broader organisation members.
Relationship Management - Represent work team at reviews and cross-organisational team meetings.
- Liaise and communicate with other departments.
- Work with other team members and the wider technology team.
- Develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels.
- Develop technical relationships with key suppliers and staff.
Self-Management - Comply with the Health and Safety and Environmental Policies.
- Assertive, optimistic, resilient and welcome change.
- Proactively contributes to the team and has a collaborative approach to working with others.
- Is self-aware.
- Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings.
- Good team working skills.
- Self-motivated, flexible, proactive and committed.
What you will need Essential - Relevant Computer Science / technical degree preferred, or ONC, A Levels, BTEC Diploma Level 3 or equivalent NVQ level 3 qualification.
- Membership of a technical related Professional Body would be advantageous.
- Will require extensive hands-on programming experience of JavaScript. Other programming languages (PHP, .Net, Python, SQL) would be advantageous.
- Experience with JIRA, GitHub, Confluence, Draw.IO, Figma, Okta/Auth0, DevOps and security profiles would be advantageous although training can be given.
- Ability to understand legislative and regulatory demands on software development.
- At least 5 years strong programming experience in JavaScript.
- Consistently demonstrates extremely high levels of technical knowledge, ingenuity and creativity.
- Strong knowledge of HTML and web frameworks.
- Integrations and API construction experience.
Desired - Exercise substantial initiative / judgement in work methods and interpreting goals.
- Work independently and is reviewed infrequently with minimal supervision.
- Self-supervising within the guidance and expectations of the business.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
- A creative, logical approach for generating new ideas and solutions, with the ability to transition through to software development.
- An excellent grasp of technical software development throughout the full life cycle.
- Ability to plan and organise through multiple project phases
- Able to effectively train the working group effectively and support work teams within the work group.
- Ability to write convincing proposals and reports with all necessary backup material for external and departmental consumption.
- Ability to manage their own and the work group s workloads and balance resources as appropriate and prioritise work as appropriate or challenge when demands are being made which do not fit in with the current schedule.
- Ability to estimate cost and resource for assigned projects.
- Ability to present options and persuasively advocate for proposals.
- Ability to work with vendor s technical teams.
- People management ability.
Why join us? People are at the heart of everything we do. By putting people first, we invest more in developing them alongside creating career growth opportunities and advancement across the division. It is our priority to ensure our employees feel valued and inspired and we commit to supporting you every step of the way. Our clients expect the best from us, and we expect the same from our colleagues. This is why we offer a wide range of fantastic benefits to support you in both your personal and professional life. Benefits: - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Voluntary private medical
- Simply health care plan
- Gym and retail discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Quarterly charity days
- Religious holiday swap
- Employee assistance programme
- Life learning online learning materials
- Support with professional membership costs
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