Java Backend Engineer – Scalable Microservices (Hybrid)

Capgemini; Urmston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident Employer

Wellbeing programs

Training opportunities

Ethical company values

Job summary

Capgemini UK is seeking a Java Developer within the Cloud & Custom Applications practice. The role involves delivering scalable, secure backend services and APIs, designing and maintaining microservices, and ensuring high-quality, testable code.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, participate in architecture discussions, and contribute to continuous improvement in a hybrid work environment with office, client site, and home-based days.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering enterprise application development using Java.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles and design patterns.
• Experience designing and implementing microservices-based solutions.
• Expertise in API design, development, integration, and security principles.
• Strong testing practices including unit and integration tests.
• Ability to participate in architecture discussions, code reviews and agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scalable, secure, and resilient backend services and reusable components.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend solutions and services.
• Contribute to distributed, service-oriented architectures to enable business agility.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical outcomes.
• Participate in solution design discussions, peer reviews, and continuous improvement.
• Develop automated testing approaches and support release management.

Skills

Java

Object-oriented design

Multithreading

Microservices

API design

Testing (unit/integration)

Architectural discussions

Agile delivery

Security principles

Job description

Capgemini UK is seeking a Java Developer within the Cloud & Custom Applications practice. The role involves delivering scalable, secure backend services and APIs, designing and maintaining microservices, and ensuring high-quality, testable code.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, participate in architecture discussions, and contribute to continuous improvement in a hybrid work environment with office, client site, and home-based days.