Business Unit / Team: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £41,600 - £58,400 per annum DOE red-hot benefits Location: UK Hybrid / with Frequent travel to our Glasgow Hub Get out of your comfort zone. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team Within this fast-paced area of the business, we’re enthusiastic about making things better, we never stop looking at how every bit of how our Mortgage business works. We sweat the small stuff because we know it makes a big difference for our customers. At the heart of this is our people who are bold and brilliant and who bring their A game every single day. The question is – are you ready to bring yours? What you’ll be doing • Working as part of an agile team assisting in the evolution of the Java Microservice and Cloud Platform to keep fit for the future to support changing requirements and working practices in a fast-changing technology landscape • Identifying, implementing or suggesting changes that improve service to internal and external customers • Supporting more junior members of the team to ensure the delivery and management tasks across legacy & cloud-based Java stacks • Delivering quality outputs in a timely fashion that meet the needs of stakeholders, whilst focusing not just on what is delivered, but equally focused on quality • Using your knowledge and ability to collaborate with other members of the team, to enhance their and your skills and manage multiple streams of work through to completion We need you to have • Proven and successful track record and in-depth experience in Java development preferably at an enterprise scale • SME knowledge and significant practical experience in Agile development with a strong grasp of automation, continuous integration, test-driven development and continuous refactoring • In depth knowledge and significant practical experience of performing code reviews and drive software standards and best practices • SME experience in Agile development, e.g. Scrum, Kanban, etc • SOAP/ REST Web Services • SpringBoot, Maven/Gradle, Kubernetes It’s a bonus if you have but not essential • Exposure to Microsoft Azure Cloud • Experience of Migrating legacy Java platforms • Knowledge of IBM IIB/ACE and/or WTX Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money’, underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careersvirginmoney.com Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.