Backend Developer

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

Role Responsibilities

• Creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycles
• Estimating user and technical stories, designing and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables
• Performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce “just enough” design
• Providing software-related operations support
• Technologies you’ll work with and need to know : Kong (API Gateway), Play framework, Java, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, SQL, XML, JSON, Maven & RedHat OpenShift

Qualifications and Responsibilities
•Self motivation and can-do attitude
•Pleasant communication skills
•Two to five years of work experience in agile and lean programming and development of software systems
•Strong knowledge of software architecture principles
•Experience working in cloud-native environments
•Micro-services architectures & APIs
•Practice CI/CD methodologies and tools
•Accurate backlog item estimation
•Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing.
•Professional experience and knowledge of the Telecommunications industry
•RedHat OpenShift Certified or Experience
•Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)

You will be working with…

An agile, experienced team. You get to work in a flex open space, with a scrum master to help guide the process and a product owner to represent the business’ needs. 

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.