Java Developer - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

About GoHenry

GoHenry is a UK-based fintech company created by parents to pioneer financial education. More recently, GoHenry moved into Europe and the US by joining forces with French fintech company PixPay and US investing app, Acorns. 

Together, Acorns, PixPay, and GoHenry have over 6 million members across 5 countries. GoHenry offers a debit card and app for kids and teens and companion apps for the family, with in-app tools for sending money, automating allowance, managing chores, setting savings goals, giving to charity, and in-app financial education lessons where kids can watch videos, take quizzes and earn points & badges. This is all designed to help kids and teens build good money habits that will last a lifetime.

The role

We’re looking for an excellent back-end Java developer to help build on our next-generation platform. Commercial experience with developing scalable code is required. 

What you’ll do 

• Work as part of cross-functional, friendly, agile tech team to ensure quality is driven into the development process. 
• Develop/maintain new microservices. 
• Utilise the benefits provided by public cloud. 
• Take part in technical discussions and be part of the decision making process

What we’re looking for 

• Excellent knowledge of Java 8 onwards, underlying JVM, java annotation
• Microservices and RESTful APIs 
• Spring Boot commercial experience 
• Spring Data inc Spring Data JPA commercial experience 
• JUnit, Mockito and Wiremock experience 
• Docker/Kubernetes experience 
• Proven exposure to full life cycle development including monitoring production services
• Database experience (MySQL) 
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team

Advantageous 

• Spring Cloud Stream RabbitMQ 
• Cloud Deployment experience 
• Experience working in a continuous integration or continuous delivery environment using Jenkins, TeamCity, Bitbucket Pipelines or equivalent tools 
• Understanding of coding enterprise applications within Java 
• Experience in bug tracking systems, with a preference for in-depth knowledge of JIRA

Benefits

What we’re offering

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (Pro rata based on contract length)
• An additional day off on your birthday (or any other day in the same week)
• Flexible Public Holidays
• Family-friendly leave policies
• Death in service – 4x your annual salary from month 1
• Mental health platform – Open up
• Training opportunities to further develop your craft

We are proud to say... 

• We help over two million members improve their money skills every single day.
• We are one of Tech Track’s top 50 fastest growing UK companies. 
• We were nominated for ‘Best Personal Finance App’ at the British Bank Awards 2020.
• We were voted 'Best Children's Financial Provider' at the British Bank Awards 2021.
• Our kids and parents have donated over £200,000 of their own money to NSPCC via their GoHenry accounts. 
• We won the Kids' Cards category of Finder's Customer Satisfaction Awards 2022. 

Interview Process:

1) Call with Engineering Director - Back End & People Partner (30 minutes)

2) Technical Interview

GoHenry is an equal-opportunity employer, and we are on a mission to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace. Individuals seeking employment at GoHenry are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 

Research suggests that men will often apply to jobs when they meet 60% of criteria, while women and underrepresented groups, often wait until they meet all the listed criteria. If you're close but don't tick every box, we'd still be open to your application!

Want to join our mission? 

If GoHenry sounds like a place you would like to be, please apply using the link below.

Last updated on Jul 30, 2024