Hybrid Senior Java Backend Engineer | Spring Microservices

3003 Accenture (UK) Limited Company; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation

Annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave per year forcharity

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Java Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne to join our engineering team delivering enterprise-scale applications and microservices. You will design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software within Agile delivery teams.

You will work with Java 8+, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs, collaborating across cross-functional teams, mentoring junior developers and contributing to CI/CD and automated testing practices while supporting both relational and NoSQL databases.

Qualifications

• Required: Java 8+ development experience; Spring Framework/Spring Boot; RESTful APIs and Microservices; OOP principles; SQL/NoSQL databases; Python and Shell scripting; Agile/Scrum delivery; mentoring juniors; troubleshooting production issues.
• Preferred: Elasticsearch; CI/CD pipelines; DevOps practices; TDD and Continuous Testing; distributed/microservices systems; Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance enterprise applications using Java 8+ and Spring Boot.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional Agile/Scrum teams to deliver software solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production and application issues.
• Contribute to code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement activities.
• Mentor junior developers and support knowledge sharing within the team.
• Participate in CI/CD and automated testing practices.
• Work with relational and NoSQL database technologies.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Mentoring junior developers

Agile/Scrum experience

Troubleshooting production issues

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Java 8+

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Microservices

SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

Python

Shell scripting

CI/CD

Elasticsearch

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Java Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne to join our engineering team delivering enterprise-scale applications and microservices. You will design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software within Agile delivery teams.

You will work with Java 8+, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs, collaborating across cross-functional teams, mentoring junior developers and contributing to CI/CD and automated testing practices while supporting both relational and NoSQL databases.