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Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: 8+ years of backend application development experience using JavaExperience building ultra-low-latency systems with processing latency under 100 msExperience with systems processing millions of events or transactions dailyExperience with real-time data synchronization across multiple platformsStrong expertise in low-latency application design and performance optimizationExperience with Kafka, event streaming, and asynchronous architecturesExperience implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) solutions using Debezium or similar technologiesExperience with cloud-native application developmentStrong experience with Java 17+Solid experience with Spring Boot and microservicesExperience with Dynatrace, Splunk, and GrafanaExpertise in Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, and Kafka ConnectKnowledge of real-time streaming and event-driven architecturesExperience with performance engineering, concurrency, and JVM tuningKnowledge of SQL and data engineering fundamentalsExperience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelinesExperience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google CloudExperience in latency analysis and optimizationExcellent English communication skills Responsibilities: Design and develop scalable, low-latency, fault-tolerant backend applications using JavaBuild real-time data processing solutions for high-volume transactional systemsDevelop event-driven architectures using messaging and streaming technologiesDesign and implement microservices-based applications using Spring BootOptimize application performance through profiling, tuning, and efficient resource utilizationDevelop APIs and backend services supporting sub-second response timesArchitect distributed systems with high throughput and minimal latencyImplement resilient systems using caching, asynchronous processing, and circuit breaker patternsPerform code reviews and enforce engineering best practicesTroubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis Technologies: AWSArchitectAzureBackendCI/CDCloudDockerDynatraceGrafanaJVMJavaKafkaKubernetesSQLSplunkSpringSpring Bootmicroservices More:
We are recruiting for our banking client, who is seeking a Senior Java Backend Engineer to help build scalable solutions for real-time, low-latency data processing. The role focuses on capturing, processing, transforming, and distributing data across multiple systems while maintaining reliability, scalability, and performance.
last updated 41 week of 2026