Contract Full Stack Java/React Developer

Contract Full Stack Java/React Developer Role (Java. Kotlin, GraphQL, React & Redux)- Travel Industry - West Sussex (3 days onsite p/w) - 6 month contract - £negotiable

Only candidates who have experience of Java, Kotlin, GraphQL, React and Redux and can commute to West Sussex 3 days per week will be considered for this role.

I'm supporting a Global Consultancy who have partnered with a Travel company in the West Sussex and are looking for a Full Stack Java Developer to join their team on an initial 6 month contract basis.

Role Description

I am looking for a skilled Java/Kotlin and GraphQL developer who can bring in rich experience, and help the team deliver new customer facing travel experiences. You will be building and maintaining flexible and efficient APIs that cater to the specific needs of clients, ensuring that data retrieval is optimized to prevent over-fetching and under-fetching of data for the membership business domain.

You will design, develop, solve problems, debug, deploy, and document software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications. Technology design considerations would include security, reusability, resilience, availability, self-healing to name a few.

The ideal candidate must be:

• willing and able to express new ideas, concerns, and opinions directly to the direct team and wider

• proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, and results driven

• adaptable to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential

• proficient communicator

Key Responsibilities

• Software Development

• Ability to write high quality code to develop and maintain new microservices using Java or Kotlin with GraphQL

• Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)

• Participate in code reviews and automated testing

• Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation

• Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments

• Automate deployments in test or production environments using CI/CD tools like Jenkins

Leadership

• Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve self and team goals

• Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking

• Ability to take ownership and work independently on deliverables with the product leadership and any dependent team

Essential Criteria

• Deep knowledge of the GraphQL specification, understanding of schema design, resolver logic, and seamless integration with various data sources

• Experienced in programming, testing, and application design for microservices using Java 17 and above or Kotlin using build automation with Maven or Gradle.

• Experienced working as part of an agile engineering team and contributing to regular agile ceremonies.

• Knowledge of cloud and CI/CD technologies, and how to get code into production quickly and reliably.

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred

Desirable Criteria

• Development experience with React, Redux and JavaScript.

Apply now if interested!