Rark Solutions

Release Engineer/Software Product Release Analyst is required by an established and expanding financial services software organisation based near Maidstone in Kent. This role will involve approximately four days each four weeks in the office and the opportunity to work remotely the rest of the time. This role will assist in the Release Manager whilst releasing products to the business clients (financial services organisations). You will have some previous Release Management or Change Management experience and ability to work well in a high-pressure environment, whilst maintaining focus, sense of urgency and decisiveness. Knowledge of Agile principles and practices. Experience and exposure of all aspects the Software Development Lifecycle. Finally, strong appreciation of the SDLC tools. If you feel you have the above skills and experience then apply ASAP as this is an urgent requirement with a great company. Ideally initially via email and enclosing an up to date CV.

Senior Web Developer/PHP Developer required by successful and expanding eCommerce business based near Folkestone in Kent. This is an excellent opportunity to join their expanding web development team. Technologies that you will use include: PHP 7/8, REST APIs, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Javascript, Jquery, Git and Smarty Templates. In this role you will work closely with the Technical Lead, contributing to agile meetings and planned projects and you will take a lead on technical discussions between the business and the Technology tier. The position will include the review current code and writing new code, developing new product features, fix bugs, and optimize code performance and quality. You will be confident contributing to the planning and management of development projects and capable of accepting responsibility for design and work. This is a superb opportunity to work in a friendly, fun and supportive organisation where you can expand your web development/PHP career. If of interest please apply ASAP ideally via email and including an up to date CV. With this role there is the option for a fair amount of remote based working (if preferred).

Java Developer needed to work for a world leading Financial Services firm based in Maidstone, Kent. The role will offer the opportunity to be home based 3 days a week with 2 days spent in the office. The Java Developer will join the broker accounting team. The role will involve working on the specification and design of information systems to meet defined business needs, coding of the solution, appropriate testing, documentation and implementation. The main focus surrounds the internal Broker Accounting platform and the Java applications that are the foundations for it. Your Role: Works closely with the business to establish requirements for new or amended systems. Designs, codes, tests, corrects and documents large and/or complex programs and program modifications from specifications using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result. Takes technical responsibility for all stages in the software development process. Takes part in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work. Provides advice, guidance and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required. Provides technical advice to other members of the team and ensures that solutions meet prevailing standards. Works to avoid and remove technical debt. Works with Application Support Analysts to Investigate, establish root cause and remediate operational incidents. Investigates operational needs and problems, and opportunities, contributing to the recommendation of improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes and organisation. Your Skills, Experience and Qualifications: Minimum bachelor's degree or commensurate experience required with emphasis in Computer Science, Engineering or Information Systems Management. Design Patterns Databases, Database Design and SQL Automation testing frameworks (such as JUnit, Cucumber) CI/CD pipelines (in particular Jenkins) Version control (eg Git) APIs and interacting with 3rd party systems Web and Desktop Application Development Issue tracking and Support Systems Data formats such as JSON and XML RPA and automated processing Financial and Insurance sector Experience of working in an Agile environment with SCRUM Knowledge of good quality processes including code review, Unit Testing, coding standards, appropriate documentation and secure development practices. You are eligible to work in the UK Immediate interviews are available for this position.

Senior Java Developer needed to work for a leading Financial Services firm. This would be a work from home position with travel into the office (Maidstone) a couple of times a week. The Senior Java Developer will be joining a team of 8 developers working on the development on a large application, some will be maintenance work and the rest will be brand new development. The Senior Java Developer will have the following Technical Skills: Java - Full Stack (Ideally Java 8) Spring ORM - Such as Hibernate DB design (Table/Column/Index SQL Automation Framework (Such as, Cucumber, Fitnesse, Jbehave) Unix - commands, Scripting (Bash, Csh etc), Crontab Build - Jenkins, CI/CD pipeline Exposure to BI Reports Version control (eg Git). Knowledge of good quality processes including code review. Agile, Scrum. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to non-technical people and coach more junior members of the team. Our client offers a host of excellent benefits which can be seen below: Company benefits include: - Pension - For every 1% you contribute the company will match with 1%. If you contribute 3% the company will contribute 7%. You may contribute more than 3% but the company contribution is capped at 7% of pensionable salary - Holiday - 27 days plus UK Bank Holidays. Can purchase up to 3 days of annual leave (maximum entitlement is 30 days per year) - Income Protection - 50% of basic salary during qualifying period after 6 months absence due to illness or injury - Life Assurance/Death in Service - 4x basic salary - Healthcare - Employee Only. Can add Partner, Single Parent or Family cover at own cost (good rates) - Employee Share Scheme - take from salary up to 15% and purchase shares at 5% discount Immediate interviews are available for this Senior Java Developer position.

Lead .NET Developer needed to work for a Global Financial Services firm based in Maidstone. The Lead .NET Developer will take ownership of a Legacy application for our client. The Application itself is currently written in VB.NET. For this Technical Lead role you will have a good understanding of best practice and have good architectural knowhow, leading your team and working to design, build, test and detail new and amended desktop applications, web applications and automations. The Technical Lead will have technical application development skills with the Microsoft .NET stack including, C#, VB.NET, PowerShell. Knowledge and experience of any of the below: Desktop and Web applications Web Services Design patterns Oracle and Oracle Forms Microsoft SQL Server K2 or other Workflow Solution Meridio, Micro Focus or other Document Management Solution AzureDevOps Working in an agile/scrum environment the Technical Lead will be confident leading teams who are involved with managing code review, unit testing, coding standards, appropriate documentation, and continuous integration/delivery. This will essentially be a work from home role due to the restrictions from covid-19. However, when normality comes back you will be expected to attend the office. However, there will still be an option for home working. The company is offering an excellent basic salary in the region of £80-90k DOE along with the following benefits: There is a host of corporate benefits on offer. Immediate interviews are available.