Software Engineer - Fixed Term Contract (26363) in London
Job description
Holland & Barrett International is striving to be the world's leading health and wellness business. Currently the largest in Europe and growing in other markets, the health and wellness of our colleagues and customers is at our heart.
We're on a mission to make health and wellness a way of life for everyone – and technology is at the heart of our future plans to become a leading omni-channel retailer. We're building some great products, and we're investing in the rapidly advancing technology that is helping our customers meet their health and wellness goals. We're delivering more speed in the retail experience, greater convenience in service and delivery, and increasing personalization in our brand and product propositions, both in-store and online.
We are hiring a Software Engineer to join our Supply Chain department, within our Inventory Management Squad. This squad is central to the Supply Chain transformation the company is undertaking, critical in providing the real-time view of where our stock is and facilitating the movement of inventory so that the right products are in the right location at the right time.
- Collaborate with the team to implement new features and enhancements to our internal systems, improving processes from purchasing to supplier.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of our bespoke tools, suggesting improvements for better functionality.
- Analyze requirements, question and refine them until satisfied, and actively participate in the development process.
- Stay updated with new technologies, bringing passion to the role and identifying opportunities for growth and improvement.
- Contribute to the development of our code base and share learnings with the wider team.
- Engineer and implement automated processes to eliminate manual steps and improve company-wide performance.
- Act as a vocal and constructive leader, adapting to the changing needs of our growing organization.
- Embrace a culture of best practice sharing, self-development, and collaboration to foster individual and team growth.
- Collaborate with the wider development community in the team to implement microservice architecture.
- Utilize Test-Driven Development (TDD) and peer review in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) culture, supporting iterative development cycles and evolutionary design.
- Apply modern patterns of software development for functionality and scalability.
The Person:
- Experience working with Java, staying up to date with the latest versions.
- Proficiency in Spring Boot for building applications.
- Proven experience with unity and integration testing, working with microservices and APIs.
- Familiarity with Event-Driven architecture, preferably using Kafka.
- Strong understanding of RESTful services and APIs.
- Solid technical skills and problem-solving abilities.
- Sound knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL) and the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API.
- We operate virtually. Remote, hybrid, or in our tech hubs – we work in an agile environment where you can thrive.
- We offer a 10% performance incentive scheme for our tech teams.
- Learn from the best – at H&B you'll have the opportunity to enhance and expand your skills and shape your career.
- We want you to produce your best, so we provide you with the best tech equipment.
- Stay healthy with a 25% discount on all product ranges to help you live well.
- We like to recognize and celebrate our people with our Colleague Recognition Scheme, so your hard work won't go unnoticed.
Extra information
- Status
- Closed
- Location
- London
- Type of Contract
- Graduate jobs
- Profession type
- Retail
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
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