Business Unit: Chief Operating Office
Salary range: £43,200 - £57,500 per annum
Location: UK Hybrid – Glasgow or Gosforth, on-site 2 days per week
Contract type: Permanent (full time)

Live up to your potential. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team
Within this fast-paced area of the business, we are 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, you will assist in the evolution of the Java Microservice and Cloud Platform. This will ensure it remains fit for the future and supports changing requirements and working practices in a fast-changing technology landscape.
• Identifying, implementing or suggesting changes that improve service to internal and external customers.
• Support & guide junior team members whilst ensuring the delivery and management of tasks across legacy and cloud-based Java stacks. You will deliver quality outputs in a timely manner that meet stakeholder needs, focusing not only on what is delivered but also on the quality.

We need you to have

• A proven track record with 5+ years of in-depth experience in Java (version 17 or higher) development at an enterprise scale, using Spring-boot or similar frameworks.
• SME knowledge and significant practical experience in Agile development with a strong grasp of automation, continuous integration (CI/CD), test-driven development (TDD) and continuous refactoring.
• In depth knowledge and significant practical experience of performing code reviews and drive software standards and best practices.
• Cloud computing technologies (e.g. Azure Cloud) with practical experience working with container based restful microservices (Docker, Kubernetes).
• SpringBoot, Spring Cloud Netflix Stack, Maven/Gradle.
• JMS, ORM tools, e.g. Hibernate.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• SDLC/Dev Ops - Git, CI/CD pipeline frameworks such as Jenkins/ADO, SonarQube, NexusIQ.
• Experience of Migrating legacy Java platforms.
• Knowledge of Middleware products e.g. IBM IIB/ACE.

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? 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're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can 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 careers@virginmoney.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.