Platform & Backend Engineer | Java/AWS/Kubernetes — London

LA International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LA International is actively seeking a Platform/Backend Engineer for a 12-month, inside IR35 contract in Central London. This is a full-time, on-site role with collaboration across platform squads.

Apply strong Java 11+ and Spring to build REST microservices, manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS) using Terraform, and ensure robust observability. Experience with Oracle PL/SQL and NoSQL databases is essential to support enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building backend systems in Java 11+ and Spring.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, ECS, EKS) and Terraform.
• Strong Kubernetes knowledge including deployments, services, ingress, config maps and secrets.

Skills

Java 11+

Spring Framework

MVC

JDBC

Hibernate

REST APIs

AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS)

Terraform

Kubernetes

Cluster concepts

Deployments & Services

Ingress & ConfigMaps/Secrets

Autoscaling

Monitoring/Observability

Troubleshooting

Oracle PL/SQL

NoSQL databases

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

LA International is actively seeking a Platform/Backend Engineer for a 12-month, inside IR35 contract in Central London. This is a full-time, on-site role with collaboration across platform squads.

Apply strong Java 11+ and Spring to build REST microservices, manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS) using Terraform, and ensure robust observability. Experience with Oracle PL/SQL and NoSQL databases is essential to support enterprise systems.