Lead Backend Software Engineer Java Kafka

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer/Developer in London. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary of up to £120k and involves leading the design of secure, event-driven systems. Join a technology company focused on impactful work within the government and defense sectors, requiring SC Clearance.

Benefits

Pension

Healthcare

Career progression opportunities

Hybrid working arrangement

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a backend focused Java software engineer.
• Experience in security-conscious, regulated environments.
• Ability to achieve SC Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing secure, event-driven, distributed backend systems.
• Collaborating with full stack engineers to integrate services.
• Mentoring and reviewing code to ensure quality.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

Event driven microservices

Leadership

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

Observability

Job description

Job Description

Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Java Kafka SpringBoot) London / WFH to £120k

Are you a skilled Backend Software Engineer with strong Java and real-time messaging experience combined with SC Clearance?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on Lead Backend Software Engineer position at a scale-up technology company with a successful workforce management solution used within the government, defence and other public sector clients.

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you will take a lead role in designing and developing secure, event driven, distributed backend systems for real-time operations, resilience and extensibility. You'll collaborate with engineers across the full stack to integrate backend services with and Access control frameworks such as Keycloak, apply observability best practices and contribute to system architecture and codebase quality through reviews and mentoring.

Location / WFH:

You can work from home most of the time, meeting up with colleagues in the London office once a week.

About you:

• You have significant experience as a backend focussed Java software engineering with leadership responsibilities
• You have strong Spring Boot, Kafka and event driven microservices experience with high throughput
• You have leadership, mentoring and coaching skills
• You have a strong understanding of system-level concerns: observability, availability, resilience
• You have experience working within security-conscious, regulated, or mission-critical domains
• You are proficient working with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code principles and containerised environments
• Please note: You must have SC Clearance (or ability to achieve it - i.e. you must be a British with the past 5 years continually based in the UK) and be DBS checked due to the nature of the project / client

What's in it for you:

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you will receive a competitive package:

• Salary to £120k
• Hybrid working with only one day a week in London office
• Pension, Healthcare
• Impactful role with excellent career progression

Apply now to find out more about this Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Java Kafka SpringBoot) opportunity.

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