Principal Java Engineer

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech startup in London is seeking a Principal Java Developer to join their innovative team. The role involves designing low latency software solutions and contributing to a cutting-edge product roadmap. The position offers competitive pay, flexible hours, and a vibrant team culture with great growth opportunities.

Benefits

5% matched pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private health care

Income protection

Learning and Development budget

Modern office environment

Qualifications

• Experience with Java 17 and Spring Boot is crucial.
• Desirable knowledge in ML/Big Data and messaging systems like Kafka.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop low latency software components.
• Contribute across the entire SDLC.
• Setup and maintain development process tools.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Microservices

Kafka

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

Principal Java Developer- London/Hybrid- up to £95k

This is a Principal Java Engineer position with an innovative and light footed fintech startup/scaleup company who are on a mission to revolutionise the credit and lending space. The brand, who have now been running for the last 10 years and backed by VC investment, are looking to hire a Principal Engineer to work on an exciting Product roadmap over the coming years.

This role is a hybrid position based in central London. They are looking for people that are willing to come to their office 3 days per week, there may have a bit of flexibility on this and very flexible hours.

Tech Stack:

• Java 17
• Spring Boot
• AWS
• Microservices
• ML/ Big Data- desirable
• Docker / Kubernetes
• Messaging - Kafka

Responsibilities:

• Design and development of low latency software components
• Contribute across the entire SDLC
• Write and enhance well structured, testable, scalable and efficient code
• Setup and maintain development process tools
• Collaborate in agile development process meetings, stand ups, sprint panning, retrospectives and foster collaboration
• Mentor more junior engineers
• Collaborate with cross functional teams
• Champion best practice

Projects:

• Migration from some monolithic architecture to microservices
• Migration from java 11 to java 17
• Migration to new versions of Vaadin
• Brand new lender platform and payment systems for their customers

Cultural fit:

• Super collaborative
• Process light and the Senior Engineers are able to introduce ideas and have autonomy to drive change
• Looking for self starters, pragmatic engineers that will be accustomed to working in a start up/scale up

This is a brilliant role for someone that wants to play a big part in the growth of a team and a business, where their voice is heard and ideas are shared. The successful Principal Engineer will get the opportunity to work on a trail blazing fintech product with a great bunch of people, with no red tape or bureaucracy.

Salary is up to £95k plus a competitive benefits package which includes 5% matched pension (salary sacrifice), 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, private health care, income protection, super flexible hours, L&D budget, a modern and state of the art office with lots of socials and an outstanding Engineering Leader who has a history of building high performing teams and growth of individuals.

These guys have impressive growth plans for the coming years so its a great time to join, if this sounds like you then please click apply now!

Senior Java Developer- London/Hybrid- up to £95k