Senior Java Engineer

Insights is a Learning and Development company which aims to change the world through the power of self-awareness. 

Our core purpose is to create a world where people truly understand themselves and others and are inspired to make a positive difference in everything they do. Like any brilliant team we’re made up of different people. A career at Insights is about welcoming people for who they are, and supporting their journey towards whoever they want to become.

Across the globe our products help people see themselves and others in a new light, to spark stronger connections in our workspaces and beyond. It all starts within. We're always making sense of ourselves - evolving as we move through life. Discovering our own minds means we're committed to constantly expanding them. And we want to shout about it. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it. That's what makes the magic of Insights. We work in a space where everybody belongs, where you can be unapologetically you.

This role is based in our Customer and Digital function.  Here we innovate and play to ensure we’re designing for our customers’ needs while ensuring the technical infrastructure supports a seamless user experience across all our products.  We also provide all the support that our users need to get the most out of our products, and spread the word though our global marketing work. Join us in shaping the future of customer engagement and digital innovation.

Our Product Technology department has multi-disciplined delivery squads, each consisting of engineers, designers, QA testers, and product owners. The successful applicant for this role will join one of these delivery squads and will contribute to design, development and delivery of new experiences and products.

We follow an iterative agile process and a continuous integration and continuous delivery approach, supported by an automated release pipeline. Our department is dedicated to utilising good quality practices, and we work with the latest versions of programming languages on a system built on modern cloud infrastructure (AWS).

Our department has a guiding principle to trust and enable engineers to take ownership of their work and determine the most effective way to deliver it. We encourage continuous learning for our engineers through training and dedicated weekly innovation time. Our people aim to foster a culture of respectful collaboration, where strong relationships based on familiarity and mutual respect allow for open and transparent communication and effective teamwork.

In this UK Remote Senior Java Engineer position,  you  will join one of our delivery squads and will contribute to design, development and delivery of new experiences and products which will play a significant role in the future of the company.

What you'll do:

• Design, develop, release and support robust, scalable and adaptable software
• Collaborate with Technical Leads to design software architecture
• Conduct code reviews and give respectful and constructive feedback
• Contribute to the definition and improvement of development processes and policies
• Write and maintain tests and contribute to expanding test suites
• Provide appropriate documentation for solutions and promote the development knowledge base within the team
• Be an active member of an Insights cross discipline delivery squad
• Attend and actively participate in the squad's Agile SCRUM ceremonies
• Contribute towards refining and improving delivery processes within the squad
• Share opinions, ideas, and experience regarding process, features and technical topics which may arise
• Share your experience and actively engage in mentoring less experienced colleagues
• Engage in cross-squad collaboration to solve shared technical challenges
• Understand the impact of technical debt and take action to repay it
• Participate in third-line application support and resolution of production issues

What you'll bring:

• Significant experience in Java 8 (or later), Spring Framework(s) & Gradle or Maven
• Experience with AWS & its managed services portfolio, or similar cloud platform
• Experience in developing and delivering RESTful APIs
• Working with & designing for an RDBMS (Postgres, MySQL, SQLServer, etc) & associated ORM technologies
• Very strong focus on automation through the entire engineering lifecycle (development, test & deployment) 
•  Strong technical viewpoint supported by the implementation of robust, scalable, and successful solutions
• Leading the use of the latest technologies to deliver cutting edge software

Other useful experience and skills:

• Familiarity with AWS & its managed services portfolio
• Experience in writing infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Familiarity with “Big Data” processing concepts, challenges & architectures
   

Benefits:

•    35 days holidays
•    Discretionary Annual Bonus
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    Income Protection
•    Pension Plan
•    Health Cash Plan
•    Life Assurance
•    Electric Car Scheme
•    Gymflex
•    Employee Giving
•    My Advantage – Employee Discounts
•    Critical Illness cover
•    Employee Assistance Program
•    Holiday purchase option
•    Flexible working

Everyone is welcome at Insights. We’re dedicated to creating a space where you belong — that means accepting you for who you are now and supporting you on your journey towards whoever you want to become.

Our colourful solutions help people see themselves and others in a new light and we love encouraging our diverse global community to experience the transformational power of Insights Discovery. Through listening and learning, we will continue to foster the connections that matter to build a more inclusive culture.

It is in our nature to nurture. We have developed an organisation which puts care for our people, inclusion, belonging and wellbeing at the heart of our approach. We’re strengthened by a community where we work together to co-create a culture that celebrates difference and welcomes everybody.

We love learning. We want to be better tomorrow than we are today and we’re up for the journey. Unapologetically human, undoubtedly individual. Colourful to our core.

Read more about inclusivity at Insights via the vacancy page on our website: https://www.insights.com/inclusively-insights/