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Senior Java Developer

Job Req ID:  21783
Posting Date:  5 Dec 2024
Function:  Software Engineering
Unit:  Digital
Location: 

Riverside Tower, Belfast (N.I), United Kingdom

Salary:  competitive with benefits

This role is Hybrid in Belfast 3 days a week

 

*We will not be accepting applications outside of the UK/Non UK Citizens as sponsorship is not available for this role*

 

About BT

BT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.
We're now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And we're on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.
So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT.

Why this job matters

We’re on one of the biggest digital transformations to be a modern technology company.  To help us get there, we’re looking for passionate and capable software engineers who think creatively, thrive on problem solving, and really know cutting-edge technologies. Our teams work as agile squads made up of colleagues and business partners. We build and run the applications that bill, invoice, and collect payments for all customers of our customer facing businesses. Right now, most of our applications run on Oracle databases, using Java, PLSQL and SQL. As part of our transformation, we’re building new services in Java, and Python, making our applications suitable to run in the public cloud and leveraging the power of cloud data capabilities for data reporting, analytics, and AI. We need you to come and help us make this a reality. 

What you’ll be doing

• A skilled software engineer, driving automation and cloud readiness.
• Reviewing data, solving complex problems, and creating data solutions
• Inputting, understanding, and challenging engineering conclusions, and empowering your squad
to be autonomous.
• Collaborating with other engineering leaders to contribute to company-wide engineering best 
practices and standards.
• Providing technical knowledge to consult on significant component(s) of a solution, as well as 
taking responsibility for the software deliverables.
• Supporting and coaching a team of high performing software engineers and driving continuous 
improvement across your squad. 

Skills and Experience

• You’re a skilled software engineer, with up-to-date skills, and passionate about high quality, 
secure and performant software
• You’re proactive about learning and coaching others
• You’re proficient in agile ways of working
• You’re comfortable working in a fast-paced environment as part of a DevOps culture
• You’re proficient with AWS, SQL and one or more strongly typed languages (e.g. Java, Go, 
Python)
• You’ve experience with relational and NoSQL databases, and data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, 
Spark, Dataflow, BigQuery, Dataproc) 
• You’re a good communicator, able to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience leading/mentoring a software engineering team


Bonus points for (but not essential):
• Experience working with Google Cloud data tools.
• Hold one or more Google or other cloud platform certification
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Spring, Scala, and/or Kafka

• Experience working in or running an SRE team

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
  • 10% on target bonus
  • Life Assurance
  • Pension scheme 
  • Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
  • 50% off BT and EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
  • Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
  • BT TV, including BT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids 
  • 30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding. 

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.  

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

 

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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