Senior Full-Stack Java Engineer

About the role

If you're an amazing Full-Stack Senior Java Engineer looking for your next role at an industry leading company, then keep reading!
Are you a technology developer with a passion for software tools and frameworks? Do you enjoy creating tooling and language plugins which help developers build software quicker? Do you have super strong core Java skills but are equally happy developing for a web browser? If you do, then perhaps you'll fit into our technology engineering team.
At Zellis we're leaders in HR & Payroll. One of the reasons we lead is because we leverage our own in-house low-code technology product to build our product offerings. We're looking for a Senior Full-Stack Developer to join the engineering team who develop our low-code framework.
You ll be 100% hands on and get involved in design, development, and maintenance activities in an agile environment underpinned by Azure DevOps. Your focus will be the Web / Java elements of the framework encompassing SOAP and REST engines, browser user interface delivery and tooling used to build applications for the framework.
We're a fully remote based team working from home, so you need to be a great communicator not only verbally but also in writing. We do get together from time to time in one of our UK offices.
So, if you have a passion for Java and Web technology with a background in software development tools then get in contact with us for an exploratory chat.

Sounds good? Here's what you ll be doing:

• Designing and developing new product functionality.
• Contributing to the technology product roadmap / back log.
• Maintenance of production product releases.
• Mentoring colleagues whilst promoting best practice.
• Inspiring our QA engineers to facilitate and produce automatic regression tests for new functionality.
• Being an active participant in all agile ceremonies.

Our Languages: Java 17, Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
Our Stack: Non-Spring Java Web Application / Development Tools.
Our Tooling: InteliJ IDEA, Eclipse, VSCode underpinned with Azure DevOps.
Our Platforms: Linux, Windows, AIX.

Skills & experience

We'd love it if you have:

• Experience in software design and build of Full-Stack Java Web applications.
• Worked within an Agile continuous integration environment.
• Deep knowledge of Servlet containers and Java Web application deployment without Spring.
• Strong JavaScript experience using React.
• Knowledge of VSCode plugin development and / or language servers.
• Examples of where you ve built and released pipeline development using Azure DevOps.

We d love it if you are:

• Passionate about learning new tools and technologies.
• Able to work with conflicting demands, whilst ensuring expectations are managed.
• Great at solving problems using modern technologies.
• A stickler for the detail.
• A great communicator.
• Always looking to improve ways of working.
• Great at communicating and presenting complex information to techies and non-techies.

Benefits & culture

At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.

Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We're passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:

• Unstoppable together.
• Always learning.
• Make it count.
• Think scale.

Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that s varied, flexible and hugely supportive.

We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you ll receive:

• A competitive base salary.
• 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance 4x salary.
• Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%.
• A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.