Technical Engineer

New Yesterday

About the Role

You will be accountable for all aspects of technical quality within the development team, and as a technical hands-on role this covers:

  • Technical Leadership - Develop API’s and Java Spring Boot Microservices that will underpin our Transaction Monitoring Services, and act as a key point of escalation on all technical aspects.
  • Technical Design - leading the team in creating (and documenting) designs which deliver the features to the agreed service levels. Understanding scope and adapting the builds to changing demands, ensuring it remains fit for purpose. Establishing and maintaining clear documentation standards is also essential.
  • Planning - Contribute to resource planning and estimation to ensure the right developers are in place with the right capabilities to succeed by addressing hotspots and coaching as required to deliver.
  • Implementation leadership - Working alongside the Service Lead (Development Team Leader) to support engineers in implementing builds safely and in line with established engineering practices to protect production services. This includes ensuring the team consistently applies unit testing, integration testing, and code quality checks within CI pipelines and workflows.
  • Release & Deployment - Responsible for deployments, collaborating with our DevOps teams to ensure quality delivery aligned to business outcomes.
  • Assurance - Accountable for providing assurance that implementation is built right, to service levels and follows YBS’s development standards.
  • Collaboration - Work closely with Architects, DevOps Engineers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and the engineering chapter leads to drive the YBS Engineering capability forward.

    • About You

    You’ll have hands-on experience of Java and Spring boot microservice development. In addition, you’ll be able to demonstrate –

  • Be a great communicator finding ways for non-technical stakeholders to understand technical concepts.
  • Be a strong influencer and negotiator to bring people on-board to new ways of thinking.
  • Experience working within a regulated financial environment.
  • Strong knowledge of established and emerging technologies and platforms used within modern payments applications including: Restful Design, working with API gateway and management platforms (Azure API Management)Containers and Container Orchestration – OpenShift, Docker, KubernetesContinuous Integration Pipelines - GitLab, Jenkins.Java Spring Boot MicroservicesIaC scripting & concepts (Bicep or Terraform preferred but not essential)
  • Demonstrable experience leading a modern software engineering team. Provides clear direction and expectations to developers and is able to identify training and upskilling opportunities.
  • Comfortable switching between hands-on development and technical leadership oversight, depending on the needs of the project.
  • Have experience of integrating new technologies and creating standards of usage within teams.

    • About us

    At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

    Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.

    Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

    Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

    About our Benefits

    We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

  • Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
  • Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
  • Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
  • Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
  • My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.
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    Location:
    Bradford
    Job Type:
    FullTime

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