Lead Java Developer — Microservices & Cloud (Hybrid)

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Employer pension matching (up to 14%)

Job summary

Royal London is seeking a Lead Java Developer to drive the design and delivery of a new investments platform. You will lead a team of engineers, champion Spring-based microservices, REST APIs, and event streaming with Kafka, while shaping testing and coding standards.

The role emphasizes mentoring, high-performance runtimes, and collaborative agile delivery in a hybrid setup from Alderley Park, with about half time remote work.

Qualifications

• Expert in enterprise Java development with Spring.
• Strong experience in REST API microservices and Kafka.
• Proficiency with NoSQL databases (MongoDB) and caching.
• Cloud hosting and containerisation with Kubernetes.
• TDD and automated testing mindset; proactive mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Java development for the new investments platform.
• Mentor and guide other engineers; drive best practices.
• Work in a hybrid model from Alderley Park with remote collaboration.

Skills

Lead Java development

Spring

Kafka

REST API design

TDD/ automated testing

Mentoring/leadership

Low latency optimization

Agile development

Tools

Kubernetes

MongoDB

Job description

Royal London is seeking a Lead Java Developer to drive the design and delivery of a new investments platform. You will lead a team of engineers, champion Spring-based microservices, REST APIs, and event streaming with Kafka, while shaping testing and coding standards.

The role emphasizes mentoring, high-performance runtimes, and collaborative agile delivery in a hybrid setup from Alderley Park, with about half time remote work.