Senior Java Engineer - Fintech Microservices & Cloud

Salient Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salient Group is partnering with an established Australian fintech to modernise and scale SaaS platforms used to administer complex financial products and investor services. You will design and develop Java and Spring Boot services, owning the work from design through production in a cloud-based fintech environment.

You’ll work across APIs, microservices, asynchronous processing and event-driven systems, collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable software.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and building REST APIs and microservices.
• Exposure to Kafka or other event-driven/messaging technologies.
• Commercial experience with AWS.
• Some Angular experience to understand an existing codebase and resolve issues.
• Experience with relational databases and application performance.
• Strong testing, debugging and production-support capability.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools productively and responsibly.
• Background in SaaS, fintech, financial services or another complex product environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to take ownership without heavy direction.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Java and Spring Boot services for a cloud-based fintech platform.
• Collaborate across APIs, microservices, asynchronous processing and event-driven systems to turn business requirements into reliable production software.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Kafka

AWS

Angular

Relational DBs

Testing & Debugging

Ownership

Communication

Job description

Salient Group is partnering with an established Australian fintech to modernise and scale SaaS platforms used to administer complex financial products and investor services. You will design and develop Java and Spring Boot services, owning the work from design through production in a cloud-based fintech environment.

You’ll work across APIs, microservices, asynchronous processing and event-driven systems, collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable software.