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Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Strong core Java programming skillsStrong systems development experience across all stages of the software delivery lifecycle, including design, development, testing, live implementation, and post-implementation supportStrong hands-on object-oriented design skillsExperience developing services and microservices in JavaHands-on Spring Boot experienceExperience developing containerised services using Docker and KubernetesExperience developing and deploying on Unix or LinuxHands-on experience with the Kafka ecosystemExperience with profiling and performance tuningExperience with Behaviour-Driven Development and Test-Driven Development principles and practicesExperience with public cloud developmentDemonstrable solution design and development skillsStrong communication and presentation skillsAbility to motivate, mentor, and coach othersAbility to work independently without close supervisionAbility to complete work within agreed timescales and identify suitable solutionsDesirable: experience working in an Agile development teamDesirable: experience designing and implementing platform-independent, database-independent event-driven applicationsDesirable: database design experience with Oracle or similar technologiesDesirable: experience with SplunkDesirable: experience with DevOps principles, processes, and toolingDesirable: experience with IBM MQDesirable: familiarity with messaging standards such as ISO 15022, ISO 20022, and JSONDesirable: experience in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or regulated environments Responsibilities: Work as part of an Agile development team to migrate a legacy application to a new event-based and service-oriented architectureCollaborate with the Solution Architect, Technical Lead, Application Architects, and other stakeholdersLead delivery of a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets functional and non-functional requirementsEnsure the solution complies with Enterprise engineering and architecture standardsEnsure end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by organising walkthroughs with delivery teamsEnsure the solution meets design and development guidelines and standardsUndertake hands-on development in the new technologies usedCoach and support more junior colleagues Technologies: AIArchitectCloudDevOpsDockerIBMSupportJSONJavaKafkaKubernetesLinuxOracleSplunkSpringSpring BootUnixmicroservices More:
We are hiring a Senior Java Engineer for a 12-month contract role based in London with a hybrid working pattern of two days per week on site, requiring around eight days on site per month. This is an AI-augmented delivery role within banking, focused on server-side deployment and migration work. The day rate is €600 to €700 inside IR35, with an ASAP start. We offer the opportunity to work on a major legacy migration into an event-based, service-oriented architecture while collaborating with experienced architecture and delivery stakeholders in a regulated environment.
last updated 34 week of 2026