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Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Strong core Java programming skills and strong hands-on Object-Oriented Design skillsStrong systems development experience across the full software delivery lifecycle, including design, development, testing, live implementation, and post-implementation supportExperience developing services/microservices in JavaHands-on Spring Boot skillsExperience developing and deploying on Unix or LinuxHands-on experience with the Kafka ecosystemExperience with containerised services using Docker and KubernetesExperience in profiling and performance tuningExperience with Behaviour-Driven Development and Test-Driven Development principles and skillsExperience with public cloud developmentDemonstrable solutions design and development skillsAbility to motivate and coach others, work collaboratively, and act as a role model in peer reviewsReliable, self-motivated, and able to work independently without close supervisionStrong communication and presentation skills, both verbally and in writingAbility to deliver work within agreed timescales and identify and resolve problems effectivelyExperience working in an Agile development team is desirableExperience designing and implementing platform-independent, database-independent event-driven applications is desirableDatabase design experience in technologies such as Oracle is desirableExperience with Splunk is desirableKnowledge of DevOps principles, processes, and tooling is desirableExperience with IBM MQ is desirableKnowledge of messaging standards such as ISO 15022, ISO 20022, and JSON is desirableExperience working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or regulated environments is desirable Responsibilities: Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver the migration of 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 IT 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 guidelines and standards for design and developmentUndertake hands-on development in the new technologies usedSupport and coach more junior colleagues Technologies: ArchitectCloudDevOpsDockerIBMSupportJSONJavaKafkaKubernetesLinuxOracleSplunkSpringSpring BootUnixmicroservices More:
We are a banking client based in London, offering a 12-month contract for a Lead Java Developer working on a hybrid basis with 8 days per month onsite in our London office. This is an inside IR35 role with a daily rate of €600 to €800, depending on experience and client requirements. The role is focused on server-side development and the migration of a legacy application to a modern event-based and service-oriented architecture, within a collaborative Agile environment.
last updated 34 week of 2026