Full Stack Developer

7 days ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Unity Trust Bank Full time

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to join our team



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About Unity Trust Bank


Unity Trust Bank is an award-winning, independent, commercial bank that uses banking to improve the lives of local communities.


Living by our principles of banking with integrity, Unity’s purpose is to help create a better society, not simply maximise profits.


For 40 years we’ve worked with organisations that address social, economic and environmental needs across the UK.


With offices in Birmingham, Manchester and London, we offer a range of day-to-day banking services, including current accounts, savings accounts and loans.


In 2023 Unity achieved the milestone of £1 billion in lending to social enterprises, charities, small businesses, housing associations, and other socially-minded organisations.

In 2024 we received the King’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development in recognition of our dedication to delivering social good through our work.

Our values are also embedded in our culture and we were named as one of the Best Places to Work by the Sunday Times in 2024.

Unity was the first UK bank to become a Real Living Wage employer back in 2013 and the first to achieve the Fair Tax Mark in 2014.


We are also a Women In Finance Charter signatory, a member of the Banking Standards Board and we hold the Investors in People Gold standard.


Visit www.unity.co.uk for more information.


The role


The role will contribute to and drive forward the design, build, testing and maintenance of the Bank’s in-house systems and services.

To create quality applications supporting the bank and its customers.


Some of your responsibilities will include:


  • Working collaboratively and contributing new ideas and code to further improve the technical environment needed to deliver highly functional and complex software for use by either internal business stakeholders or end customers.
  • You will work in an environment using the latest software engineering techniques, continuous integration and automated testing, and build well-designed, scalable and deployable services.
  • Develop applications and business solutions to support business functions, meeting project objectives, aligned with the Bank’s strategic goals.
  • Communicate within the agile development team and with project managers, stakeholders and wider Bank to design cohesive development strategies, ensuring effective collaboration throughout all phases of development, testing and deployment.
  • Maintain a flexible and proactive work environment to facilitate a quick response to changing project requirements and customer objectives. Innovate ways to deliver solutions successfully.
  • Document detailed technical specifications based on business requirements. Work with stakeholders and end users as necessary to produce prototypes / models / process flows for user interfaces, customised applications and interactions with other systems and services.
  • Conduct long-term improvement operations to ensure compatibility with the Bank’s evolving goals and requirements.
  • Collaborate with internal departments to ensure technology environment supports internal needs relating to functionality and performance.
  • Work with Agile project team, users and vendors on development and implementation of new/upgraded applications and products rollout.
  • Ensure all completed projects and developments are handed over to the business with the correct suite of procedures and handover documents so that business as normal service can continue once the project is completed.
  • Line management responsibilities
  • Ensure that the correct procedure is followed for risk reporting, issues resolution and the authorisation of change requests.


People

  • Provide effective technical leadership and direction for employees on any team associated with development projects.
  • Assist in training staff to assimilate new technologies and processes.
  • Build and sustain effective relationships with front line business personnel.


Support

  • Help business users and IT operations with the resolution of issues including liaising with vendors where necessary.
  • Ensure that good relationships are maintained with new and existing suppliers to ensure the best deal for the bank, keeping up to date with the latest developments and technology.
  • Ensure that the Bank’s development methodology is up to date and fit for purpose.


The person


We are keen to hear from experienced Full Stack Developers who can work collaboratively and have the following skills:


Qualifications and Experience:

  • Relevant computing qualification or degree (D)
  • Salesforce Administrator (D)
  • Salesforce Platform Developer 1 and App Builder certifications. (D)


Essential

  • Strong development and design skills and a good understanding of well-engineered application design
  • Strong front end developer skills with experience of frameworks such as React JS or Angular
  • Strong back end developer experience using Node.js or similar
  • Strong experience developing integrations using REST / SOAP API’s, database query languages such as MySQL or MSSQL and development of responsive / adaptive websites
  • Strong knowledge of one or more object orientated programming language such as Python, Java, or PHP
  • Experience in architecting and developing in a micro-service environment
  • Experience and understanding of working in an Agile development environment
  • Experience or good understanding of TDD (Test Driven Development)
  • Solid understanding and experience of working in a DevOps environment and CI / CD tools such as Jenkins
  • Version control software such as Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
  • Able to use CSS compilers such as SASS, LESS or stylus
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a keen eye for detail


Desirable

  • Experience working in Fintech or other regulatory environments
  • Contribution to open source projects
  • Experience of cross-platform development technology (mobile, tablet, desktop)
  • Experience or understanding of BDD (Behavioural Driven Development) and associated tools (Cucumber, Gherkin)



(E = essential D= desirable)


The role will be Birmingham based.

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