Backend Engineer — Remote-First, Java, Kafka & Cloud

Royal Bank of Scotland; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mettle in the United Kingdom is seeking a Back End Engineer to join a core cross-functional mission team. You will develop clean, scalable Java services with Spring Boot and Micronaut, focusing on reliability and performance.

Collaborate with stakeholders, uphold standards, and mentor junior engineers. You will work with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and event-driven patterns like Kafka to deliver secure, data-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering, design or database architecture.
• Solid Java development experience.
• Experience with Spring Boot and Micronaut.
• Familiarity with containerization and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Develop clean, elegant, reusable, and well-tested code that is easy to maintain and extend.
• Shape engineering direction with stakeholders and focus on customer outcomes.
• Collaborate with the backend chapter to uphold standards and drive innovation.
• Collaborate to resolve technical issues.
• Mentor junior engineers as a subject matter expert.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

System design

Backend architecture

Event-driven design

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Micronaut

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Kafka

Job description

Mettle in the United Kingdom is seeking a Back End Engineer to join a core cross-functional mission team. You will develop clean, scalable Java services with Spring Boot and Micronaut, focusing on reliability and performance.

Collaborate with stakeholders, uphold standards, and mentor junior engineers. You will work with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and event-driven patterns like Kafka to deliver secure, data-driven solutions.