Head of Development (Java, Microservices) - Digital / Marketing
- Employer
- Salt
- Location
- London, South East
- Salary
- £700 - £750 per day
- Closing date
- 23 Feb 2019
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- Sector
- Other
- Responsibilities
- Analyst
- Position/Level
- Professional / Specialist
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Language
- English
Head of Development (Java, Microservices) - Digital / Marketing Communications Solutions - London
Rate: 700 - 750 per day
Duration: 3-6 months initially
My client is a Digital Communication Solutions business based in Central London.
They are looking to hire a Head of Development on a contract basis for a period of 3-6 months.
The Head of Development would ideally have a background in Java
We essentially need an exceptional candidate who has managed multiple development projects and an offshore team (this is very key)
If the Head of Development has some Java knowledge that would be helpful but they are not expected to do any coding.
The role will entail, some level of BAU work but the majority will be to liaise with clients and gathering requirements and working with the board.
The Head of Development will also be making key technical choices, identifying and managing risk, implementing a new process, making key business decisions - the development and education of the development team will still be covered by the head of development.
Required Skills: Head of Development (Java, Microservices) - Digital / Marketing Communications Solutions - London
- 2-5 years in Head of Development role
- Minimum 10 years software development experience;
- Working with Onshore and Offshore teams
- Years' experience with team leadership with Agile development;
Nice to have:
- Experience with Java/J2EE;
- Experience with ESB & JMS in a SOA / EDA application;
- Experience with Microservice architectures.
- AWS development experience.
- Experience of Application Architecture and Design Skills and a practical understanding of Design Patterns;
- Experience of RESTFul API design;
- Possess a good understanding of test-driven development practices
- Familiar with CI/CD and managing multiple development environments.
- Desirable Skills and Experience:
- MongoDB/Couchbase
- Caching Technologies
- BPMS
- ElasticSearch
- Eclipse, Ant, Maven, Jmeter, etc;
- GIT
- JIRA / Confluence;
Personal Skills and Qualities: Head of Development (Java, Microservices) - Digital / Marketing Communications Solutions - London
- Self-motivated with strong team spirit;
- Strong work ethic
- Ability to work independently with little supervision as well as ability to work within a team;
- Excellent multi-tasking skills;
- Ability to communicate well to both technical and non-technical staff.
Please do send across to me the most up to date copy of your CV to
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