Lead Engineer - London, United Kingdom - MetroBank

Description

Chapter Lead - Java Engineering
Team IT, IT & Change
Location Holborn Office

At Metro Bank, people come first - our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included.

We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities.

Manage and lead the team of Java Engineers to deliver changes across all our Java applications whilst always ensuring high quality and efficiency

• Providing strategic technology leadership for our Java technologies and operating models, which is key to the bank's success
• Setting and defining standards and best practice and communicating to colleagues, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to engineering excellence
• Identify and manage risk throughout the design and development lifecycle relevant to the Chapter and applications you own
• And we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders
• Expert knowledge in the technology and engineering best practices in Java technology
• Knowledge and experience with Line management, coaching, mentoring and how to build sustainable and high performing capabilities over time
• Experience building RESTful APIs with any of: Spring Boot, Micronaut, Quarkus

We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts

• We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions).
• We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.

We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box.

We also know that 'normal' office hours aren't always doable, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked.