Software Ontwikkelaar (m/v)

Job Description hackajob is collaborating with Virgin Media to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.n Full / part time : Full timen Business area : Tech, Softwaren Location : Uxbridge (can be remote with monthly office visits)n A bit about giffgaffn Do you want to join a connectivity provider that’s up to good? At giffgaff we do mobile &n broadband differently. We call out the bad and find a better way. We’re laser-focused onn flexibility, value and mutual good.n And we’re so proud to be a certified B Corp. This means we’ve joined a network of moren than 1,000 UK companies, who want to make a positive impact on people and the planet.n Working at giffgaff is something you could be proud of too.n You’ll get the best of both worlds, the energy and fast pace of giffgaff, plus all the benefitsn that come with being part of our parent company, Virgin Media O2.n Our business model is unique. We work with our members (our customers) ton understand their needs in all areas of the business. We love this highly collaborativen approach. Over the past few years our member base has grown steadily, and we’re stilln going. We’re always looking to acquire new members, and to do that we need the bestn people in our team.n Our bright and modern gaff is in Uxbridge, in leafy West London. But if commuting isn’tn your favourite, most of our roles can be hybrid or work from home, or anywhere inn between. If you like coming in, you’ll always find some office buddies. And if you like bign occasions, we really bring the office to life monthly for our themed culture days. Plusn all our giffgaffers come together at our legendary giffgaff summer, birthday andn festive celebrations.n The role and the teamn You’ll join a high-performing team that’s focused on delivering a best-in-classn broadband experience for our members (that’s what we call our lovely customers),n enabling them to have access to our shiny new broadband offering, featuring no longn contracts, fast, dependable full fibre and symmetrical speeds to name a fewn awesome features.n We strive for an outstanding member experience in all areas of giffgaff, so we aren looking for a passionate and enthusiastic software engineer who cares about then quality of their work and how the software and services they create will positivelyn impact members. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve and evolve how wen solve problems, driven by new, modern practices and challenging the status quo.n You will work in a cross-functional team with like-minded people to ensure thisn product is successful and sustainable. We work with many teams at giffgaff, includingn various partners and associates we rely on, to ensure we’re active and engaged withn our engineering community, improving our ways of working and maintaining a highn standard and quality of products we create.n Our tech stack:n ● Server-side: Java 21, Maven, Spring Boot, JUnit.n ● Client-Side: Typescript, Next.js, React and various React ecosystem tools andn librariesn ● Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL,n Redis, ElasticSearch, Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.n However, you should be comfortable using a variety of frameworks, languages, andn tools and be happy to learn new skills when the need arises.n Key responsibilities:n ● Work with a full-stack attitude within a self-organising, cross-functionaln product engineering team, using extreme programming practices, notably pairn programming and test-driven development.n● Build, support and maintain automated, fault-tolerant, scalable products andn solutions continuously delivered into our production environment.n ● Leverage your experience and skills to assist your team in establishing the bestn architecture for your products and services.n ● Be technically curious, proactive and able to produce solutions yourn colleagues can use, maintain, and learn from.n ● Know how to develop and follow a sense of purpose. Identify improvements inn the software that you use and build. Accept feedback and adapt to your teamn and the company’s current priorities.n The Must Haves:n ● Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Clean Code & Refactoring,n System Designn ● Observability, “you build it you run it” attituden ● Product mindsetn ● Good communication, giving and receiving feedbackn Desirable skills:n ● Event-Driven Architecture; SOLID principles; microservices; micro-frontendsn ● Experience in payments/financial systems…