Current Vacancies

Owned by Andy Brook [Plugin People]
Last updated: Jan 22, 2021
2 min read

Effective 12 OCT 2020, we are hiring for:

Job background

A great opportunity for an experienced Java Software Engineer to work in an entirely new bubble! We are a small but established JAVA software house with an established worldwide customer base operating exclusively in the Atlassian addon market.

Working hours are 40 hrs (0830 - 1700, 30m lunch), in a Cheltenham based office (close to M5 access). We support customers electronically, no site visits! As a relatively new company we'll be setting a workplace pension in the coming year. Foreign travel may be possible for specific events, usually annually for a sales/expo in San Francisco as well as potentially elsewhere (EU or USA) for developer focused conferences.

Common Q&A

  1. Do we hire remote workers : NO, we are primarily office based here in Cheltenham, UK.

  2. Do we hire people with contractor background : NO

  3. Do we hire people in other countries : NO

  4. Do we hire people requiring visa sponsorship : NO

  5. Do we allow remote working : Under constant review, all staff are currently remote, new starters will be expected to complete a probation period (3months) in the Cheltenham Office (socially distancing of course)

Intermediate/Senior Java Developer (to 45K)

With at least 5 years in a Java Development role, you will be a contributing developer with a focus on Cloud SAAS

Key duties and responsibilities

  • Work on the Development for and maintenance of our products

  • Write unit and integration tests

  • Document features, scenarios and user support articles as required

  • Track and manage all tasks through our issue tracker

  • Resolve escalated problems is our issue tracker in a timely manner

Person specification

  • Strong problem solving, debugging and investigative skills

  • A multi-year Computing degree, 2:1 or better is a big +

  • Good OO design skills

  • Good multi-tasking ability

  • Good knowledge of networking fundamentals

  • Excellent communication skills (oral/written) as well as being able to converse with customers via issue tracker

  • Knowledge of source control systems (e.g. Git/Mercurial) and branch management

  • Be a team player!

  • Proficient typist

Key technologies

  • Strong Java

  • Strong Spring/MVC/Springboot

  • Web tech, eg AngularJS/ReactJS

  • SQL & Hibernate

  • Maven

  • Linux (scripting, cmdline)

Nice to have technologies

  • Atlassian JIRA (usage / development)

  • Amazon Web Services (EC2/RDS/S3/Elasticache)

  • Postgresql/Mysql/Sqlserver/Oracle/etc

  • OSGi

  • Liquibase