Java Engineer

hays-gcj-v4-pd-online; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services client in Glasgow is seeking a technology specialist to join their agile team. The role involves designing and delivering innovative technology products while ensuring system stability and security. Candidates should have solid experience in software development methodologies and technical proficiency across various platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Proficiency in cloud computing and software development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of UI and backend technologies, including Java and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Produce design artifacts and maintain production code.
• Analyze data sets to improve applications continuously.

Skills

System Design

Application Development

Agile Methodologies

Automation

AI and Machine Learning

React or Angular

Java

Education

Formal training or certification in system design

Tools

JUnit

Mockito

Splunk

Dynatrace

Grafana

Job description

Your company and role

This role is with a financial services client based in Glasgow. In this role, you will serve as a member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions to support the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

1. Execute software solutions, design, develop, and troubleshoot technical issues, thinking beyond routine approaches to build solutions or resolve problems.
2. Create secure, high-quality production code and maintain algorithms that operate synchronously with relevant systems.
3. Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring design constraints are met during software development.
4. Gather, analyze, synthesize, and develop visualizations and reports from large, diverse data sets to improve software applications and systems continuously.
5. Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data, using insights to enhance coding hygiene and system architecture.
6. Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and participate in events exploring new and emerging technologies.
7. Promote a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

What you'll need to succeed

The following skills and experience are essential:

• Formal training or certification in system design concepts and practical experience applying them.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Solid knowledge of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Proficiency in software applications and technical processes within disciplines like cloud computing, AI, machine learning, mobile development, etc.
• UI Technologies: React or Angular, TypeScript, CSS, Micro Frontend Development, JavaScript.
• Backend Technologies: Java / Spring, Kafka, NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra).

The following skills and experience are desirable:

• Exposure to cloud technologies.
• Experience in microservices architecture and design.
• Ability to learn new skills and stay updated with industry innovations to automate manual tasks.
• Experience with unit testing, mocking, performance testing (JUnit, Mockito, Blazemeter).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, etc.

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Created on 25/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom