Change & Project Management,IT
Tech Engineer
Job ID: 009352
Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ
Job type: Permanent - Full Time
Salary: Up to £65,000 Dependent on Experience + Bonus & Benefits
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YBS is looking for a Technical Lead responsible for delivering Java microservices and APIs for Digital web/app applications and payments processes. This role will be based in our Leeds City Centre office with working from home capability.
What You'll Do
You will be accountable for all aspects of technical quality within a squad. Embedded in the squad it is a technical hands-on role that covers:
Technical Design: leading the squad in creating (and documenting) designs which deliver the features to the agreed service levels. You will be creating and adapting the existing products to changing demands, ensuring they remains fit for purpose in a high transaction environment.
Implementation leadership: leading the engineers in implementing the design, balancing work to people, addressing hotspots and coaching as required to deliver.
Release & Deployment: Responsible for deployments and ensuring quality and traceability.
Assurance: Accountable for providing assurance that products are built right, to service levels and follow applicable NFR’s and standards, for example security standards
Application ownership: Accountable for technical debt, service levels and security vulnerabilities for the applications owned within their squad.
Work closely with architects, devOps engineers, product owners, scrum masters and the engineering chapter lead.
Join the out of hours call rota for supporting the Digital products.
How You’ll Do It
Be a great communicator finding ways for non-technical people to understand technical concepts.
Be a strong influencer and negotiator to bring people on-board to new ways of thinking and working against a strongly regulated financial environment.
Have excellent knowledge of Java and Microservices.
Desirable skills include:
Restful Design, working with API Gateway products (Google Apigee or equivalent)
Containers and Container Orchestration - Kubernetes, OpenShift
Logging, Monitoring & Alerting - Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace or equivalent
CI/CD Pipelines - Gitlab, Artifactory.
Security (OWASP, Certificates, JWT, Encryption techniques)
Have experience of working within IT support environments
Business Impact
We may be almost 160 years old, but we’re still leading the way when it comes to digital transformation. Our ever-growing IT, Transformation and Digital teams are embracing innovation to shape change. And drive us into the modern age of information, AI, and automation. All whilst keeping us, and our members, safe. So, they have a real impact on our transformation journey, and our future. And that means you can too!
Learning & Development
Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.
These include...
- Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
- Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
- Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
- Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
- REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
Our ways of working and flexibility
We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. We help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.
Find out more about our Ways of WorkingAbout Our Benefits
Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as...
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Life assurance at 6 times your salary
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
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Meet the Recruiter(s)
Mike Peel
Resourcing & Inclusion Specialist
Connect with Mike PeelI partner with the following business areas on all things resourcing & inclusion: IT, Transformation, Data, Digital Channels, Finance and Financial Crime.
I joined the team in September 2021 and I absolutely love working for YBS! It’s a brilliant place to work, with an incredibly friendly, flexible and inclusive culture.
I’ve got lots of experience in Recruitment, Talent & HR across Retail, Charity and Financial Services. Throughout my career I’ve partnered with every head office function you can think of! Everything from Trading, Marketing and Finance through to HR, Property and Legal.
I love supporting people with their careers and development, so if you’d like to chat to me about what it’s like to work at YBS or want to find out more about our latest opportunities, then it would be great to connect!
Holly Gallagher
Resourcing & Inclusion Specialist
Connect with Holly GallagherSince joining YBS in June 2023, I have had the pleasure of supporting the wider business with all things recruitment. Covering IT, Transformation, Data, Digital Channels, Finance and Financial Crime.
YBS has been a great place to work both professionally and personally as I have been provided with the support to upskill and learn, and recently had the opportunity to undertake a Level 3 Data Technician Apprenticeship which has been truly amazing!
If you are keen to learn more about the culture here at YBS, or any current opportunities I'd love to hear from you!
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
You’ll find people from all walks of life here, with different cultures, beliefs, ages, outlooks and more. And we’re proud of our differences. So we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered to be their whole self at work.
Our five Colleague Networks play an important role in helping that happen – and have a real impact on our everyday working life here. Each is closely linked to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, and sponsored by a member of our Senior Leadership Team.
And we also have our Colleague Support groups, such as ManKind and Family Foundations, where colleagues can connect, and talk about issues that matter.
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