Lead Java Software Engineer
Salary National between £55,000 - £60,000
London between £70,000 - £80,000

Are you a passionate experienced Java Software Engineer with ambitions to learn and work with the best technology and development practices?

Aviva have embarked on a major programme across its UK businesses, to modernise and transform the Enterprise Integration estate using microservices hosted on Industry best open-source API management gateway, service mesh, poly cloud, containers; all underpinned by DevSecOps.

A bit about the job:
We are seeking a passionate Lead Java Software Engineer with an ambition to drive the best technology and development practices. You will have come from a strong technical background using Java, Spring, build tools such as Maven and Gradle, Cloud development in AWS / Azure / GCP, SQL and NoSQL also have experience of building, defining and managing successful teams.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Experience of software design and architecture following clean architecture, domain driven design, serverless or microservices as well as DevOps and Test automation
  
• Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs within a micro-services architecture
  
• Review of code for quality and standards, review estimates for accuracy delivered by Delivery team
  
• Experience of the critical project to service transition phase and associated early lifecycle support, including management, and reporting of defects
  
• Experience in the configuration & management of CI/CD tooling, ideally using Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins
  

What you'll get for this role:

• Salary between £55,000 - £80,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  
• Generous pension (starting level Aviva contributes 8% when you contribute 2%)
  
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
  
• Family friendly parental and carer's leave
  
• 29 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
  
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
  
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
  
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
  
• 21 volunteering hours per year
  

Aviva is for everyone:

We are inclusive - we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you're in a job share just apply as a pair. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
Most of our people are smart working - spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Lacey Lane Mckoy a call on 07385425912 or send an email to lacey.lane-mckoy@aviva.com