Senior Software Engineer

About the job

WHAT TO EXPECT

A Senior Software Engineer with a passion for quality, and proven experience of full stack software development and design, is required for a variety of digital projects being delivered for Jaguar Land Rover in Manchester. We are looking for great engineers who have a passion for innovative problem solving, quality-first coding and practicing Continuous Integration.

● Would you thrive in an exciting, dynamic and creative start-up environment, but also enjoy the security, resources and influence of an established and successful organisation?

● Would you excel within a world-class and passionate team that loves what they do?

● Are you passionate about mentoring and sharing your skills with fellow developers?

You will form part of a collaborative, iterative and agile process in a multi-disciplined team helping deliver best in class digital solutions. This role provides a unique opportunity to help support and grow an entirely new software development capability within Jaguar Land Rover.

Reporting to the Principal Software Engineer and working closely with other multi-disciplined engineers, you will be a valued member of the Global Digital Development Centre team, consistently delivering to challenging business objectives, with a focus on testability, robustness, and performance for exciting new projects. You will work on real projects alongside experienced engineers and will be expected to take on some mentoring and coaching of less experienced engineers in the lab.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential:

● Experience with Java, Spring Boot or another OO language

● OR ... experience with JavaScript (ES6/7/8)

● OR ... experience building APIs

We are also keen to speak to people who also have the following skills:

● Experience developing bespoke built enterprise scale cloud-native applications

● Strong experience with database technologies such as NoSQL i.e. Mongo DB or similar

● Strong experience with API development and technologies

● Experienced advocate for practices such as Test-Driven Development

● Experience with Microservices architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues

● Strong Object-Oriented programming skills

● Experience with source code management and version control (Git/GitHub/GitLab)

● Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques

● Previous involvement in all stages of the software delivery lifecycle

● Passion for mentoring and technical coaching of developers

● Excellent verbal and written communication skills

The following skills and experience are nice to have:

● Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as ELK, Prometheus, Grafana

● Experience with Kubernetes or other cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure)

● Familiarity with polyglot persistence and experience with a MySQL

● Familiarity with Kafka, Okta, Redis, Apache Solar, Apigee

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage. 

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.