Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, and Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3400+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
• We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join our UK Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and there will be an opportunity for you to achieve medium and long-term career goals. There will be a fantastic opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting, large scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sector.

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining cloud-based software applications.
• Technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with good industry software engineering practices (code quality, CI/CD, security etc).
• Working within a project management/agile delivery methodology
• Experience in technical ownership for a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping and user story/requirement creation
• Documentation of solutions (e.g., architecture, configuration, release, support-handover
• Collaborate and liaise with other Version 1 and customer stakeholders/ end users in the software development lifecycle – PMs, BAs, Testing, Product etc
• Able to communicate technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Manage, coach and develop junior members of your team and the wider community
• Fostering a positive working environment and facilitating team collaboration and communication.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message-driven architectures
• Hands-on developing / coding experience using the following technologies:
  • Frontend (React, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript)
  • Backend (Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate)
• NFR / Non-Functional requirement understanding and experience developing applications with this in mind
• Strong experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach, writing unit and integration tests to ensure high-quality code, and maintaining a robust testing suite for continuous integration and delivery.
• Experience developing REST-based APIs
• Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift for containerisation and orchestration of applications.
• Experience in developing and deploying solutions on AWS Cloud, with expertise in AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 and EC2 (AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect preferred)
• Ability to lead and co-ordinate stakeholder engagements and meetings.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

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