Junior Backend Engineer

About the team

OSB Group has embarked on significant technology Transformation programme and we have a new opportunity to join our Group Transformation team as aJunior Backend Engineer and join the growing Engineering team. The role reports into the Principal Engineer and will work alongside colleagues in both the UK and India to support the delivery of the Lending and Savings roadmap.

The role has the flexibility to be based from Wolverhampton or Chatham office and benefits from our hybrid-working policy of three days a week in the office and two days from home which provides a great opportunity for collaboration and develop your skills.

What you will be doing?

As aJunior Backend Engineer, you will work alongside experienced engineers to contribute to the development, testing and enhancement of our microservices architecture, system performance and cloud-based (Azure) deployments.

Your responsibilities will include

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-quality spring boot microservices
• Integrate and optimize back-end components for seamless user experience
• Work with cloud platforms, specifically Azure to deploy, and manage applications
• Ensure code is well-documented and adheres to established coding standards
• Troubleshoot and develop solutions to support issues and bugs to ensure a seamless user experience

What's in it for you?

• Enhanced family-focused benefits
• Hybrid-working
• Annual bonus opportunity up to 12.5%
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Please use this link to see the fantastic benefits available at OSB:

About us

OSB Group is a specialist mortgage lender and retail savings bank. Alongside passion for our products and customers, we're passionate about our people and want to continue building a collaborative and engaging environment!

Do you have the skills?

We are looking for talented individuals who have the skills set out below:

• Good knowledge of Java, spring boot and microservices and the ability to write backend code
• Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native application development
• Experience working with databases like SQL, NoSQL, and ORM technologies
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Next steps

If this sounds like you, apply now! Still on the fence? Hear from our team or explore our process: OSB Careers

Shortlisted candidates will go through a personalised recruitment process, that is relevant and conversational - inclusive any individual reasonable support required. We want to bring out the best in you!

Diversity & InclusionWe champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.