Java Fullstack Developer - Farnborough

Square One Resources; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Java Full-stack Developer to join a global client in the finance sector for a 6-month contract. The role involves modernization of applications and mentoring associates. Required skills include Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes and experience with CI/CD tools. Competitive daily rate of up to £445 offered, with possibilities for remote working.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Java, Spring Boot, and Kubernetes.
• Strong skills in CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Github Actions.
• Ability to design and deploy applications in a cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for modernizing client applications.
• Analyze, design, develop, and deploy new features.
• Guide and mentor Associate Application Engineers.

Skills

Java version 11 or 17

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Linux

VMware

Openshift

AWS

CI/CD Pipelines

Postgres

Kafka

Job description

Job Title: Java Full-stack Developer

Location: Farnborough

Salary/Rate: Up to £445 per day (Inside IR35)

Start Date: November 2025

Job Type: 6-month contract

Company Introduction

We are looking for a Java Full stack Developer with extensive experience in Kubernetes, Spring Boot & Java versions 11 or 17 to join our global client in the finance industry.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

As a Full Stack Engineer on the Core Payments Backend team, you will be responsible for continuing the modernisation of our clients application.

• Analyse, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and epics with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production
• Tends to Associate Application Engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of Senior Associate Application Engineers, and helps them continue to grow
• Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills
• Has an oversight on design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them
• Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures
• Contributes to and potentially leads technology communities for the client
• This group follows the Agile methodology and works in 2 weeks sprints, each engineer is responsible for writing their own test scripts to achieve full automation

Required Skills/Experience

• Java version 11 or 17, Spring Boot, & Kubernetes
• Linux, VMware, Openshift, AWS
• CI/CD Pipelines via Jenkins, Github Actions, Chef, Ansible, Nexus
• Testing of Database technologies (Postgres or similar)
• Full end to end quality tool‑set Junit, Cucumber, Jmeter or similar performance testing tool
• Experience with caching technology
• Kafka or similar streaming technology

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer

Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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