About the Role: We are seeking a skilled Mule Developer to join our Check Challenge Appeal (CCA) development team.
Before applying for this role, please read the following information about this opportunity found below.
We are a dedicated, friendly team made up of product roles and technical developers/testers delivering in an Agile manner to passionate and interested customers on behalf of the Value Office Agency (VOA).
The ideal future colleague will be part of a Team of Developers/Testers responsible for our upgrade to Mule 4.4 Responsibilities: The Mule developer will be responsible for the following tasks: Upgrade of APIs: Rebuild existing Mule 3.x APIs in Mule 4.4 adhering to updated best practice specifications.
Development of New APIs: Build other required APIs in Mule 4.4 to best practice specifications as directed.
Testing and Validation: Collaborate with testers to ensure APIs meet functional, non-functional, and performance criteria.
Debug, resolve issues, and conduct regression testing as necessary.
Collaboration with Team: Work closely within the wider team of CCA developers and testers to ensure consistency and quality in deliverables.
Documentation: Document processes, updates, and lessons learned to provide a reference for future upgrades.
Deliverables: Upgraded/enhanced CCA APIs compatible with Mule 4.4.
Comprehensive testing results and documentation.
Deployment-ready APIs ensuring smooth production transition.
Technical documentation for the APIs rebuilt/enhanced during the work.
Ongoing/Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process and code improvements within the production environment.
Proactively engage in troubleshooting, optimising, and scaling backend services to support growing business needs.
Performance Metrics: Successful migration of all identified Mule 3.x APIs to 4.4.
Development and deployment of new APIs within defined timelines.
Zero critical defects in production post-deployment.
Positive feedback from stakeholders and users regarding the upgraded APIs.
Technologies: Mule ESB (Enterprise Service Bus)
- Key integration platform for managing and orchestrating service connectivity and data flows between applications.
Mule Anypoint Studio
- Primary development environment for designing and debugging Mule ESB flows.
RabbitMQ
- messaging bus that facilitates communication between different services/components in the system by reliably queuing, routing, and delivering messages.
Java
- Core language for backend services, necessary for writing, maintaining, and troubleshooting applications that integrate with Mule ESB.
MySQL Database
- Database management and querying, essential for accessing, updating, and managing application data.
Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana)
- Primarily used for monitoring and log analysis; leveraging this stack to diagnose production issues, track service performance, and support troubleshooting.
Bamboo CI/CD
- Continuous integration and deployment tool for automating builds, testing, and deployments in both dev and production environments.
Stash (Git)
- Version control for managing and tracking code changes, supporting collaboration across the development team.
Jira
- Issue and project tracking tool, used to coordinate production support requests, development tasks, and release management.
Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
3 years of Mule: confident understanding of MuleSofts Anypoint Platform, including API development, integration patterns and Mule 4 architecture.
Upgrading knowledge: Experience upgrading from Mule x to Mule 4.4 including migration of code, connectors, and dependencies Connector Upgrades: Familiarity with updating legacy connectors to Mule 4 compatible versions building bespoke or migrating to new connectors.
Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, or similar.
Familiarity with production environments and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with service monitoring, debugging, and troubleshooting tools.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities.