Software Engineer - BX Stores
About the role:
Please note this is a Hybrid role. On-site office requirements, once every 4-6 weeks in London and Nuneaton office.
Holland & Barrett is the UK's leading wellness retailer and the largest in Europe. Our purpose is to make health and wellness a way of life for everyone, adding quality years to life. We do this through offering holistic wellness solutions (products, advice and services) that promote preventative health.
We need to be at the forefront of the rapidly advancing technology that is helping our customers meet their health and wellness goals. We are investing heavily in delivering more speed in the retail experience, greater convenience in service and delivery, and increasing personalisation in our brand and product propositions, both in-store and online.
We love the cloud, we prefer building the right solutions over buying generic ones, and we embrace automation and testing in all things software, infrastructure and data. We certainly embrace change and drive speed in everything we do. Every day presents a different challenge, but is filled with fun, teamwork and passion to succeed and surpass every expectation.
Join us and see how far you can go...
Responsibilities:
One of the largest parts of the business we are looking to grow and change our technical capability in are the Stores. We are looking at the future of shopping and we are moving away from expensive, slow-moving, third-party products to new solutions that are flexible and built in house to meet the needs from day one.
As an experienced Java/Kotlin Developer you will have experience in building applications which is delivered on cloud-based services in a disruptive environments with microservices architectures.
- Identify potential systems solutions to business needs, analysing the solution feasibility in conjunction with senior developers and technical architects
- Research and suggest new open source tools and techniques that can be utilized in the team
- Develop and maintain expertise in best practice development methodologies and techniques
- Document proposed solutions to allow sign-off by technical specifications in a clear, concise and structured
Skills & Experience:
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Development background in Java or Kotlin
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Experience developing and working in a virtualized environment
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Understanding of microservices architecture design and implementation
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Experience with Spring Boot
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Agile/scrum development experience
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Strong collaboration and communication skills within distributed project teams
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Our benefits
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We work in an agile environment where you can thrive.
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We offer a 10% incentive scheme, based on company performance – when we win, so do you
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Learn from the best – at H&B you'll have the opportunity to enhance and expand your skills and shape your career
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We want you to produce your best, so we provide you with the best tech equipment
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Stay healthy with a 25% discount on all product ranges to help you live well
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We like to recognise and celebrate our people with the Colleague Recognition Scheme, so your hard work won't go unnoticed
About H&B
We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.