Full stack developer

LA International; Hempstalls; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT recruitment consultancy in the UK seeks a remote backend developer skilled in JavaScript and Spring Boot. The candidate will work on API design and microservices, ideally with AWS and Kubernetes experience. Prior security clearance is a plus, as it's essential for the role. The company emphasizes diverse backgrounds and aims for high security and performance standards in its projects.

Benefits

Security clearance support

Global operational reach

Qualifications

• Proven delivery of backend services at scale using JavaScript and Spring Boot.
• Knowledge in Kubernetes and Docker for Application Containerisation.
• Strong experience in integrating security measures into development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams to meet security and performance expectations.
• Deliver backend services and ensure reliability through CI/CD discipline.
• Manage event-driven integrations on AWS.

Skills

JavaScript

Spring Boot

RESTful API design

Microservices architecture

Docker

AWS

Kubernetes

GitHub

Tools

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

ROLE IS REMOTE

Languages & frameworks: JavaScript, Spring Boot.

• API & microservices: RESTful API design, API management, microservices architecture, EKS (Kubernetes), Containerisation (Docker).
• Integration: back end layers, Kafka event management, NoSQL (MongoDB/Document DB).
• Security: IDAM/IdP, SSO, RBAC, SSL/TLS, KMS, Graph API.
• Cloud operability: AWS telemetry and monitoring.
• Tooling & delivery: Jira, Confluence, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines.

Desirable skills (nice to have)

• Caching & sessions: Redis; session management via Kong.
• Networking: VPC, VPN for secure connectivity.
• Realtime comms: SignalR or equivalent.

Experience profile

• Proven delivery of backend services at scale using JavaScript, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and event driven integrations on AWS.
• Should have knowledge in Kubernetes & Containerisation of Applications (primarily using Docker).
• Strong experience embedding security, observability, and automation into the development lifecycle.
• Track record of CI/CD discipline and Git best practices.
• Collaboration in multi disciplinary teams to meet the government client’s expectations for security, performance, and reliability.

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.