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Senior Java Backend Developer

London, UK💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-23 → 2026-08-05

Core

Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance backend applications and microservices for business-critical operations.

Role type

Senior IC Java Backend Engineer

Builds

Enterprise-grade backend applications, scalable microservices, and event-driven systems

Domain

Financial Services / Enterprise Software

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java 8+, Spring Boot, Microservices Architecture, Apache Kafka, SQL/NoSQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Couchbase, Cassandra), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub), RESTful APIs, Git, Unit Testing/TDD

Preferred skills

GoLang, Reactive programming (Vert.x), Performance testing (JMeter), Caching strategies, Agile/Scrum

Technologies

Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Couchbase, Cassandra, Jenkins, GitHub, Splunk, Kibana, Grafana, Vert.x, Cucumber

Responsibilities

Design and develop enterprise-grade backend applications; Build scalable microservices and event-driven systems; Participate in code reviews and testing activities; Debug and resolve software defects; Support software deployment and monitoring; Automate application deployments and CI/CD processes; Optimize application performance and scalability

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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