What we’re looking for

Mercator is seeking a dynamic, forward-thinking Java Developer with excellent communication skills who can help Mercator in its continued transformation. You will be open-minded, happy to work on your own or as part of a team and want to learn new technologies and promote best practice.

Mercator Java Developers work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary agile scrum teams to develop, modify and maintain user interfaces for new digital services. Using agile methods, you will work closely with other members of the scrum team throughout the development cycle in order to design, build, test, maintain and support the new digital services.

As a Java Developer you will have:

• Excellent Java development skills and a strong track record of designing, developing, delivering, testing and optimising Java applications for public use
• Experience of developing applications and/or software libraries for specific use within public cloud services
• Experience of working with an iterative, Agile approach to service delivery and being able to apply the Agile philosophy to your day-to-day work
• Java 21 experience
• Experience delivering fully unit/integration tested code as part of a continuous build and delivery pipeline
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and ensure appropriate and timely knowledge transfer
• Evidence of the ability to plan, manage and take responsibility for your own work

Desired knowledge/experience:

• Experience of relevant cloud technologies, such as AWS, Terraform, Docker
• Familiarity with the Government Service Standard