Software Development Engineer in UK

PCCW Global is a leading international communications service provider, offering the latest mobility, voice and data solutions to multinational enterprises, telecommunications partners, cloud and application service providers.

With a network footprint reaching over 3,000 cities in 160+ countries across 5 continents, our truly global coverage combined with local on-the-ground knowledge has helped us build best-in-class global connections linking Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Interact with users globally to understand the business requirements and design adequate IT solutions
• Develop high quality, robust and scalable in-house systems, perform application tuning and offer UAT support
• Prepare business and technical documentation on IT solutions and design
• Provide application training and technical support to users
• Assist to evaluate open-source or vendor software solutions and do Proof-of-Concept to verify applicability when needed
• Assist to develop ad-hoc reports

Requirements:

• Degree holder in Information Technology, Computer Science or related disciplines
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in system design and system/software development
• Strong ability to design and implement pragmatic solutions according to complex business requirements

Hands on experience in:

• J2EE, Spring boot, HibernatE and PHP
• JUnit, Mockito, JMockit or any other tools that are used to create automated Unit Test
• Maven, Git, CI/CD pipeline, and Linux
• RESTful API, Swagger, JSON, JWT and OpenID Connect/OAuth2/SAML2
• Web technologies, such as AngularJS, ReactJS, HTML5, CSS3, and etc.
• Relational database, such as MySQL, and schema design
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented design, SOLID principles, distributed system design and software design patterns
• Experience in developing a multi-tier architecture system
• Previous exposure in SOA, Microservices or using API Management tools is an advantage
• Experience in using container technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) is an advantage
• Experience in using Cloud platform (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.) is an advantage.
• Experience in Test Driven Development (i.e. TDD) is a plus
• Experience in Agile/Scrum development methodology is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-Motivated and a good team player
• Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills