Hybrid API & Microservices Engineer (Java/Spring)

Raiffeisen Bank; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 25 days + BH

Annual bonus up to 15%

Pension up to 11%

Private medical insurance

Health & wellbeing benefits

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Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) is seeking an API & Microservices - Software Development Engineer to join our Enterprise Engineering Team. The role is hybrid, home-based with time in Bradford, delivering Java Spring Boot microservices and APIs that underpin our digital platforms.

You’ll design, develop, and test automation, participate in code reviews, and work with architects, analysts, Scrum Masters, and product owners to estimate requirements and ensure scalable architecture.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on Java and Spring experience.
• Desirable: RESTful design, API gateway products.
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Experience with CI pipelines (Git, Jenkins, Azure AKS).
• Security knowledge (OWASP, JWT, certificates).
• Familiar with agile delivery tools (JIRA, Confluence, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Experience building customer-facing APIs and services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test automation of software and configuration.
• Deliver APIs and Java Spring Boot microservices.
• Implement automated build pipelines and monitoring capabilities.
• Lead peer reviews of code, tests, and documentation.
• Collaborate with leads, architects, analysts, and product owners on estimates.
• Ensure designs meet current and future architecture standards.
• Provide out-of-hours support for services and APIs.

Skills

Java

Spring

RESTful Design

API Gateway

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD

Security (OWASP, JWT)

Jira/Confluence/GitLab/Jenkins

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Azure AKS

Google Apigee

Azure APIM

Job description

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) is seeking an API & Microservices - Software Development Engineer to join our Enterprise Engineering Team. The role is hybrid, home-based with time in Bradford, delivering Java Spring Boot microservices and APIs that underpin our digital platforms.

You’ll design, develop, and test automation, participate in code reviews, and work with architects, analysts, Scrum Masters, and product owners to estimate requirements and ensure scalable architecture.