We are looking for several API Engineers to join a newly formed agile development team within our Savings and Payments Engineering Domain. This is a critical role within the development team who will be initially focused on delivering and ongoing support of Confirmation of Payee services for the YBS. This is a hybrid role with remote working, but some onsite presence in our Bradford and Leeds based offices will be required on an adhoc basis. The role will also require the holder to be part of an on-call support rota.

About the role

As an API Engineer with strong Java experience, you will be responsible for building, deploying and maintaining API’s to support the delivery of Confirmation of Payee services. You will influence the design and approach for the solution, supporting and guiding other developers, setting standards, and embedding good development practices. You will:

• Develop API’s and Java Spring Boot Microservices that will underpin our Digital Payments Services.

• Perform impact analysis and estimation on requirements and designs.

• Ensure that system design meets the standard for architecture, scalability, performance, security and maintainability.

• Participate and lead peer reviews of documentation, code, unit and integration testing.

• Collaborate with architects, designers, product owners and other software engineers.

• Support the implementation of automated build pipelines and monitoring capabilities.

About you

You’ll have hands-on experience of Java and Spring boot microservices development. In addition, you’ll be able to demonstrate:

• Strong knowledge of technologies and platforms used within modern payments applications including:

  • Restful Design, working with API Gateway management products (Apigee)

  • Containers and Container Orchestration – Openshift, Docker, Kubernetes

  • Continuous Integration Pipelines - Gitlab, Jenkins

• Experience operating in an Agile delivery methodology

Life at YBS

In addition to the usual benefits such as competitive salary, annual bonus and healthcare packages we offer you…

• Flexibility – Whether it’s picking up the kids from school or catching that early morning yoga session we have you covered.

• Celebrating Success – From everyday thank you cards, to our annual ‘Raising the Roof’ gala to celebrate our golden ticket winners we acknowledge our colleagues successes no matter how big or small.

• Giving Back – Fancy 31 hours of paid leave a year to get involved in community activities? Together last year, we completed more than 11,000 hours of volunteering!

• Inclusivity - We don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our colleagues, our customers and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

• Site Perks – Some of our sites have added little extras such as a gym, restaurant and free parking at our Bradford site, roof garden in Leeds, and on-site restaurant and free parking at our Peterborough site.

So….

If you’ve got an understanding of modern software engineering/design and you want to develop a career in an empowering, respectful and supporting business then why not join us?

Our people are our heart and soul; we’re commercial and caring, big enough to offer you a challenge and small enough for you to make a real impact. We’re devoted to putting people first and doing the right thing by providing real help with real life.

We’d love to hear from you so why not apply today and be Your Brilliant Self!

‘Any Questions – Contact Tazafia Mahmood via email at tmahmood@ybs.co.uk