Java Developer

Accenture; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services company is seeking a Java Developer for their Newcastle office. The role requires significant Java programming experience and a strong background in Spring Boot. Candidates should be comfortable with cloud deployment and Agile practices. Benefits include a competitive salary, medical insurance, and generous vacation time.

Benefits

25 days' vacation

Annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

3 extra days for charitable work

Qualifications

• 5+ years residency in the UK required for security clearance.
• Experience with JDK 11+ and enterprise middleware platforms.
• Ability to follow good development practices in Java.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cloud teams for deployment in secure environments.
• Advocate for development best practices and support automation.
• Assist in microservices development and integration.

Skills

Java programming

Spring Boot

Scrum methodology

Test-Driven Development

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud solutions (AWS)

Tools

WebLogic Server

GitLab

Jenkins

SonarQube

Job description

Java Developer - Newcastle

Company: Accenture

Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Date Posted: 2025-11-26T05:33:53Z

Valid Through: 2026-02-24T05:33:53Z

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Description

Java Developer
Location: Newcastle

Key Requirements

• Security clearance: 5+ years continuous UK residence, no gaps of 6 months or more abroad within those years.
• Hybrid working: Newcastle office 3 days per week.
• Java Development Kit (JDK 11+) and Spring Boot for modular, maintainable services.
• Experience with enterprise middleware platforms such as WebLogic Server (Enterprise Edition) and CAS SDK.
• Collaborate with cloud and infrastructure teams to deploy solutions into secure, scalable public cloud environments (e.g., AWS) using containers.
• Advocate good development practices: consistent branching, coding standards, Test‑Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing.
• Assist technical leads in microservices separation and end‑to‑end integration; support test automation engineers.
• Follow Scrum methodology: sprint backlog refinement, sprint planning, stand‑ups, reviews, retrospectives.
• Significant Java programming experience with core Java and Spring Boot for microservices.

Bonus Qualities

• Agile development environment experience.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube.
• Secure, scalable service development in a public cloud.
• Experience applying TDD/BDD.
• Strong collaboration, crafting, estimating, and leadership skills.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary plus an extensive benefits package: 25 days' vacation per year, annual performance bonus scheme (Career Level dependent), private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, offering services in strategy, consulting, technology and operations with digital capabilities. We support inclusion and the whole person, and are recognized worldwide for inclusion and diversity.

Equal Opportunities

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by applicable law.