Back End Developer

Role - Backend Web Developer

Location -Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid)

Type - Contract

Job Description

The Tooling Management capability within the Group Engineering Tools Service department is responsible for the operation of the “Integrated Developer Platform” (IDP) that will play a key part in the Bank’s strategic aim of improving the velocity of change. Within that group, the Platform Operations team are responsible for improving and automating various features of the platform and the tools it supports.

The Web application back-end developer will report to the Platform Operations team lead and have a range of responsibilities:

• Support existing groovy scripts within Jira and Confluence

• Create new automations based on customer requirements within the existing framework

• Continuous improvement of existing framework

• Change deployment to production

The ideal candidate will have:

• Basic understanding of Object Oriented Programming

• 3-5 years experience in Java or Groovy programming language (at least intermediate level)

• 3-5 years experience in web development including such technologies as: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, XML

• Practical knowledge of HTTP protocol and REST API concept

• Good command of SQL

• Understanding of following concepts: multithreaded applications, synchronous and asynchronous connections, performance code optimization, design patterns

Nice to have:

• Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket – solid working experience and some experience automating for them in groovy