Java Full Stack Engineer-Senior Consultant-Digital Excellence

ROLE DETAILS

SBU - Invent, CU - Business Technology, Global Grade - C

At the company Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

Our Full Stack Engineers sit within Digital Excellence, part of the Business Technology practice in the company Invent, which leads digital transformation projects across the company. We are a new and dynamic community that values innovation, professional development, and the ability to make a real difference for our clients. We work in diverse multi-disciplinary teams, hand in glove with our clients.

Our Java Full Stack Engineers are responsible for creating the visions of our clients and driving better business outcomes. They are tasked with building cutting edge digital solutions for our clients, combining a clear understanding of business value and a consultative approach to make the difference. They will be able to work on a vast variety of projects and get exposure to a variety of technology such (but not exhaustively) NodeJS, Java, Kotlin, Spring boot framework, RESTful microservices, NoSQL databases.

In your role as a Senior Consultant, you will also be expected to play a role in leading our Engineering community and projects. This will involve managing team members, engaging with stakeholders, and assisting with recruitment efforts.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Leadership - People/line manager, stakeholder management and communication, recruitment, etc.
• Business Development - Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution - Campaign development, internal think tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development - Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

YOUR PROFILE

To be considered for this position you must hold active SC (Security Check) Clearance, or be eligible to gain this level of clearance. You will also have:

• 5+ years experience of building microservices with Java (Spring Boot)
• Experience using JavaScript/Typescript to build fronted web applications using React, HTML and CSS
• Experience using version control software - Git
• Experience using online version control tools - GitHub, GitLab etc
• Experience using Docker, Docker Compose
• Experience with CI/CD (Gitlab, GitHub, Jenkins)
• Experience with cloud technologies such AWS or Azure
• Experience working in an agile team environment
• Strong soft skills including time and risk management, problem solving, and leading with empathy

DESIRABLE

• Familiarity using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
• Familiarity building and integrating with NoSQL database (familiarity with MongoDB is preferred) or SQL databases such as Postgres
• Familiarity with web standards, accessibility, and development best practice

BONUS

• Building microservices in C#
• Experience building solutions that integrate with LLMs using tools such as Vercel AI, Langchain etc.
• Using the GOV.UK Design System and using Nunjucks

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE

We are delighted to have received the "Glassdoor Best Places to work UK' accolade for 4 consecutive years. To see what it's like to work at the company Invent, visit our Glassdoor page. the company Invent offers engineers a culture of learning, ownership, and focus on value.

• You'll gain exposure to high profile transformations and gain hands on exposure to leading technologies.
• Our consultants are formally trained by industry experts in consulting and client delivery. Consultants have access to a vast array for different training and certifications in a variety of areas: cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), programming (Java, Kotlin, NodeJS, Spring Boot), DevOps (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker), Cybersecurity (CISSP, CISM) and Agile delivery (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Scaled Agile Framework). the company Invent offers you the flexibility to develop various areas of knowledge in technical domains aligned both to your interests and our client's outcomes.
• Les Fontaines: the company Invent has a unique training environment just outside of Paris, where we can immerse ourselves in thought leadership, share knowledge and build capabilities that will help us and our clients to succeed.
• We hold monthly showcases of our digital transformation initiatives, sharing knowledge and showing off how the power of technology is impacting our clients.
• There are monthly team drinks, and it's a chance to connect face to face with the wider team over a few drinks in the city. The monthly team breakfasts give you a different, more relaxed setting to meet up in the office to hear from the leadership, meet colleagues and discuss the trends and insights within the market. Team away days are always a chance to connect with the team, have fun and learn something new.

NEED TO KNOW

At the company we don't just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day to day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained "Mental Health Champions" across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

WE ARE A DISABILITY CONFIDENT EMPLOYER

the company is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

LOCATION & REMUNERATION

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.