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Full / part time : Full time – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Business area : Tech, software
Location : Uxbridge with flexibility to work from home
A bit about giffgaff
Do you want to join a connectivity provider that’s up to good? At giffgaff we do things differently. We call out the bad and find a better way. We’re laser-focused on flexibility, value and mutual good.
And we’re proud to be a certified B Corp. This means we've joined a network of more than 2,000 UK companies, who want to make a positive impact on people and the planet. Working at giffgaff is something you could be proud of too.
You’ll get the best of both worlds, the energy and fast pace of giffgaff, plus all the benefits that come with being part of our parent company, Virgin Media O2.
Our business model is unique. We work with our members (our customers) to understand their needs in all areas of the business. We love this highly collaborative approach. We’re always looking to acquire new members, and to do that we need the best people in our team.
In return for your outstanding efforts, you'll be rewarded with a competitive salary and excellent benefits that are all about making your work life a winner. Take a look at our culture and benefits page – you might just be surprised! 😉
Our bright and modern gaff is in Uxbridge, in leafy West London. But if commuting isn’t for you, most of our roles can be hybrid or remote, or anywhere in between.
The role and the team
You’ll join a high-performing team that’s focused on delivering a best-in-class payment experience for our members (that’s what we call our lovely customers), enabling them to pay for our services in a safe and secure way using whatever method best suits them.
We strive for an outstanding member experience in all areas of giffgaff, so we are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic software engineer who cares about the quality of their work and how the software and services they create will positively impact members. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve and evolve how we solve problems, driven by new, modern practices and challenging the status quo.
You will work in a cross-functional team with like-minded people to ensure this product is successful and sustainable. We work with many teams at giffgaff, including various partners and associates we rely on, to ensure we're active and engaged with our engineering community, improving our ways of working and maintaining a high standard and quality of products we create.
Our tech stack:
Server-side: Java 21, Maven, Spring Boot, JUnit.
Client-Side: Typescript, React and various React ecosystem tools and libraries
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.
However, you should be comfortable using a variety of frameworks, languages, and tools and be happy to learn new skills when the need arises.
Key responsibilities
Work with a full-stack attitude within a self-organising, cross-functional product engineering team, using extreme programming practices, notably pair programming and test-driven development.
Build, support and maintain automated, fault-tolerant, scalable products and solutions continuously delivered into our production environment.
Leverage your experience and skills to assist your team in establishing the best architecture for your products and services.
Be technically curious, proactive and able to produce solutions your colleagues can use, maintain, and learn from.
Know how to develop and follow a sense of purpose. Identify improvements in the software that you use and build. Accept feedback and adapt to your team and the company's current priorities.
Skills, experience and attitudes:
The Must Haves:
Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Clean Code & Refactoring, System Design
Observability, “you build it you run it” attitude
Product mindset
Good communication, giving and receiving feedback
Desirable skills:
Event-Driven Architecture; SOLID principles; microservices; micro-frontends
Experience in payments/financial systems
A commitment to make ethical and responsible decisions that support giffgaff’s impact on people, planet and profit.
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