Junior Software Developer

West Sussex.info; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000

Job description

Helping people find jobs in the local area since 2008

Location: Portsmouth

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time - Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

If you’re a Junior Software Developer looking for a new role, we want to hear from you…

public class JobAdvert {

public static void main(String[] args) {

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}

}

Job Purpose:

• Designing, developing, delivering and maintaining software across the entire business in Java.
• Working on a wide range of projects such as Restful API design and development, Payment systems, CRM, and Stock Management to name a few as well as integration with third party APIs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solving problems through delivering impactful software.
• Identifying system improvements.
• Designing and developing of existing and new APIs.
• Liaising with a variety of stakeholders and clients to ensure the needs of the business and our customers are met.
• Supported role, working in a small but very important IT/Tech/Dev team.
• Hands-on experience in Restful API design and structure.
• Experience in SQL and database design and development.
• Experience of source code control systems such as Git.
• Experience of System installation / administration.
• Knowledge of design patterns, data structures, algorithms.
• Experience with desktop front end development frameworks such as Swing.
• Experience of Apache ANT and Maven.

What working at Novatech means for you:

There are lots of benefits working for us! Due to our non-corporate culture, you get a real chance to be yourself and work with people of a similar technical mindset. We have a relaxed dress code and champion hybrid working, which gives you a mix of working from home and our offices based in Portsmouth, Hampshire.

As you'll be working in the office every day for at least the first month, and then working in the office for a minimum of 3 days a week after that, we need you to be able to commute easily to our offices. We are really lucky as we have good transport links to the office for when you come in, free staff parking, and a lockable bike shed for if you drive or ride.

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the chance to buy additional days)
• Upskilling apprenticeship training
• Cycle to work
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Social and wellbeing events
• A great breakout room
• Kitchen and shower facilities

About us:

Gaming and retail are just a small part of what we do. Novatech also works heavily in the B2B sector with some of the largest and most respected names in a range of industries. Whether it’s supporting businesses with their remote workforce, transforming maritime companies with life-saving training simulators, or implementing practical Deep Learning systems into the businesses of tomorrow, there’s no end to the amount of fascinating and cutting-edge projects that we are involved in (some of which we can’t tell you about, yet). Pretty cool, right? Join us to get involved in developing the future of our business…and yourself at the same time!