IT Engineer (API)

Job description

first direct - IT Engineer (API)

first direct is banking's best kept secret. We're a bank that absolutely has its customers at its heart – which is demonstrated through the amazing numbers of awards we win for customer service, not just in the banking sector but across all sectors. We were the UK's first phone bank and now we're fantastic digital business, powered by amazing humans.

And we only want to make that better. We have ambitious plans to make the most of our current market position to really grow the first direct business. To do this we're investing in building a best in class IT team. first direct IT work really closely with other business teams to ensure we create the right solutions for both the business and the customer and to support our strategic plans.

first direct is a member of the HSBC group and is one of the major contributors of profit to the Retail Banking & Wealth Management businesses (that's everyday banking and investments to you and me). Retail banking services over 50 million customers globally and offers a whole range of banking products and services.

HSBC's vision is to ‘Build banking's leading technology company' and first direct wants to lead the way.

The role of the Engineer (Back End) will work in a cross functional agile team at first direct, developing, testing and deploying code to support the first direct portfolio.

Your responsibilities will include:

· Use the latest technologies, processes and tools to deliver frequently, safely and efficiently
· Be responsible for translating detailed designs into robust, scalable and reusable solutions
· Participate in engineering discipline, best practice and standards compliance within first direct and global IT

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Required skills:

· Java (Java 8 preferred) and Spring Boot and Maven
· CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Nexus

· REST APIs / JSON
· Agile methodologies - Scrum or Kanban

Desirable skills:

· Agile tooling, such as Jira, Confluence and Slack

· Understanding of the principles of DevOps and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery

· Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Mule API Gateway

· Test Automation tooling (1 or more)- Selenium, JUnit, Wiremock, Mockito, Jest, Enzyme, Appium

· Application Monitoring - Splunk / App Dynamics

The base location of this role will be first direct 's offices in Stourton, Leeds.

HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment.