Job description
Job title: Graduate Software Engineer
Reports to: Head of Development
Closing date: 30th June 2013
Salary: Competitive
Established in 2011 Wowcher is now the second largest daily deal site in the UK. Our site uses the
power of group buying to get unbeatable deals on the best stuff to do, see, visit, eat and buy in a
variety of cities in the UK. We target young, affluent females who can’t resist the temptation of our
WOW factor deals, and focus our marketing spend on adding to our large database. Wowcherland
can be found in Kensington, London, where most of our fun and fabulous team reside.
Purpose of the role:
We are looking for a bright, hardworking, ambitious graduate to assist in design, development and delivery of
our web and mobile sites and back office systems.
Main responsibilities:
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Test Driven Development.
Ability to analyse business requirements, propose and implement solutions.
Problem solving and bug fixing.
Developing components for a large ecommerce website using SOA. You will use Java EE, Spring
Framework, RDBMS (Oracle), Maven, Javascript, Amazon AWS cloud services.
Experience:
You must have achieved at least a 2.1 honours degree in computing, maths, engineering or similar related
degree.
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Desirable to have:
You must be able to demonstrate a website you have built.
Experience using Java/Spring/Hibernate/Oracle/Maven/Javascript/AWS Cloud
Experience developing Restful Web services
Maven
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Ehcache/Terracotta
Spring Batch
Apache/Tomcat
Linux
Networking
Personal Attributes:
Team Player, willingness to share knowledge and help other team members.
Excited by technology and willingness to learn independently.
Structured and analytical approach to problem solving.
Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
Self-motivated.
Professional and positive approach.
Self-Confident. Assertive, adaptable, dynamic and creative.
Attention to detail
Quality focussed
Able to work on own initiative.
Other Job Requirements:
May be called upon to provide technical assistance out of office hours in the event of a serious live system
failure.
Project Work:
Test driven Design and delivery of modules for the company core web and mobile sites and web publishing
system.
Our benefits:
• 20 days holiday
• Free on-site gym
• Fab office, great team
Contact:
graduaterecruitment@wowcher.co.uk
(subject line: London Fair)