Job Description

Computershare is looking for a Java developer to join our growing Global Development team in Edinburgh city Centre. We aim to grow from 30 people in the team up to 70 over the coming months. We recently acquired a leading European employee share plan business with an innovative range of client solutions.

We are now making a long-term investment to enhance these applications and migrate

Computershare’s existing and new clients onto the platform. The investment is not only in people but also our Edinburgh office, as we continue to build out an experienced Global Development Team, ultimately making Edinburgh a Development Hub for Computershare.

Computershare offer some truly fantastic career opportunities, a great working culture and the ability to have your ideas made into reality.

We are working on several projects including but not limited to, integrating 2 software systems to get the best blend of both. This long-term project will also take in migration of clients across the globe (EMEA, Asia and USA.) The exciting challenges in the team include scalability of the systems and scaling the products for large volumes of clients.

You will work within our cross-functional agile teams and be involved throughout the full development lifecycle from requirements elicitation to the delivery of high-quality solutions. Our development team in Edinburgh will be formed of existing staff with years of knowledge of our domain and new employees who will bring additional technology expertise and experience.

Key Accountabilities

• Apply your knowledge and expertise to design, build, test and deploy changes to applications and underlying frameworks to deliver business value, meet stakeholder expectations and avoid creating technical debt.
• Provide informal guidance and share knowledge with the wider teams to enable them to contribute to objectives.
• Support the evaluation and resolution of technical challenges and blockers to minimize their impact on the team’s delivery and/or supported products.
• Embrace and support improvements and innovation in technologies/practices within your team that would benefit the business e.g. efficiency in the software development process or improved customer experience.

This is a truly fantastic opportunity for a passionate individual to join a team where your voice will be heard, and you can make a change. You will have the opportunity to up skill, develop and be part of our journey.

Benefits

Computershare offers all employees 25 days holiday, an excellent pension scheme, shareholder incentive plan (buy one get one free on all shares purchased) and a flexible employee benefits scheme (including the option to buy additional annual leave).

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experienced Enterprise Edition Java developer ideally with experience of Unix/Linux and enterprise application stacks (e.g. JMS, Tomcat) Oracle knowledge and PL/SQL is highly advantageous Exposure to open source frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate and Apache-SW libraries. Experience of application development and support within an enterprise context. Experience in an Agile or DevOps environment, embracing the adoption of practices including (but not limited to) automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery. A collaborative individual with the ability to build great working relationships and can influence others. A passion for code with an innovative mind that looks to improve on how things are done.