What will you be doing? 

Vodafone are currently in the process of decommissioning our legacy systems and using micro services architecture to create our own home -grown systems!

You will work as part of our four Digital tribes, where we are building new customer interactions using Java, Spring, Micro services, AWS, Docker, REST, OpenAPI and BDD via CI/CD and Agile delivery. You will also be line managing, supporting and coaching a team of engineers. You will be Influencing the direction of services, technical standards and guidelines at team and department level. As well as generating and implementing technical process improvements and holding team members accountable within their roles and empower them within your team.If you are passionate about Test driven Development and want to bring your engineering ideas to life on solutions that process millions of interactions every day, we want to hear from you!

Who are we looking for?

• You must have experience in leading, mentoring and inspiring team members to reach their individual potential, whilst supporting department objectives.
• You will have experience with line managing teams of circa 6 Engineers (Junior, Mid, Senior level).
• You will have a background in improving engineering quality and efficiency within the team and department (e.g. encourage pairing, code review, etc.)
• You will have hands on design & development of digital platforms as part of a development squad using Scrum/Kanban. 
• You will have a good background in driving the quality and performance of your micro-services.
• You will have a strong background in designing and developing RESTful APIs within a micro-services architecture.
• You will have great exposure in Scrum and developing through BDD/TDD, using associated tools for testing and continuous integration & deployment. 
• You will have an ability to challenge others in doing what’s right for the business.   

What’s in it for you?

An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive and flexible benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family. We’re proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility for individuals returning to work after a career break. From our market-leading parental leave policies through to employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes we are committed to supporting you throughout your career with Vodafone.

*Blended

Vodafone UK’s blended working approach means you’ll come to your contracted hub location office as and when needed to get things done for your role and for tasks that require it, otherwise you will be able to work from home. Our ‘Office in a Box’ home-working kit will be available for all who need it during your onboarding journey.