
Java Developer
On site
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
23-04-2025
Job Specifications
Accepting Applications Until
30 May 2025
Job Description
We are Global
We think big, work hard and never stand still. It’s our talented and passionate people that make us leaders in creativity and innovation and the proud home to the best media and entertainment on the planet.
We’re here to make everyone’s day brighter. That’s everyone from our Globallers, to our audiences, every partner we work with and every community we work in. Whether we’re making shows or making headlines, making everyone’s day brighter is behind everything we do.
Whether we’re in the studio, building a world-class Global Player app, or producing fast-moving digital content, we’re at our best when we’re working together. It’s why we show up, deliver great work and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.
Description
Java Developer
Reporting of the Role
This role reports to Tech Lead
Overview Of Job
The Commercial Technology team develop and maintain the products that drive the commercial revenues at Global for both the Radio and Outdoor parts of the business.
In this role, you will find yourself working closely with a suite of microservices developed using Java 11+ (mostly Java 17), Spring Boot, of which some will be event driven. You will contribute towards the technical lifecycle of these services, including the CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/ Terraform), running the services in Kubernetes (EKS on AWS), and monitoring / alerting in a production environment (Prometheus / Grafana).
We are a friendly and close-knit team and work in a highly collaborative, agile environment!
3 Best Things About The Job
Work on an interesting domain, with an evolving modern tech stack.
Work in an agile team, where you have the time, freedom, and autonomy to solve complex problems.
Work closely with stakeholders and the product team to continuously deliver value to the organisation.
Measure if success – in the first few months, you would have:.
Contributed towards delivery of several features which provide business value.
Contributed towards several code reviews, providing feedback and actioning feedback from others.
Gained a proven understanding of the business context and how it relates to the deliverables of the team.
Gained a basic understanding of the team’s system architecture.
Responsibilities Of The Role
Developing features for the business and building on the platform architecture to support future features on the roadmap.
Collaborating with the development team: You will work closely with other developers, software architects, and product owners to understand project requirements, discuss implementation approaches, and ensure smooth integration of various software components.
Following coding standards and best practices: You will adhere to established coding standards, development processes, and best practices to ensure consistent and high-quality code.
Assisting in software deployment and maintenance: You may assist in the deployment of services to production environments, troubleshoot issues that arise, and provide support to end-users as needed.
What You Will Need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
Expertise in Java 11/17, Spring Boot, RDBMS and noSQL persistence technologies. Although this role focuses on Java, we use other languages too so a willingness to learn them would be encouraged.
Exposure to publish-subscribe technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ or SNS/SQS
Experience in writing well tested code.
Everyone is welcome at Global
Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that different will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.
Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global
About the Company
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold Radio. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companie... Know more
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