Senior Backend Engineer - Java/Spring, Lead & Architecture

GamblingCareers.com; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust benefits package

Global career opportunities

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Job summary

Aristocrat is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) in Greater London to design and build scalable, cloud-based services using Java and Spring Boot. You will mentor teammates and influence architectural decisions while delivering production-ready software.

You will lead with strong technical execution, champion best practices, and partner with product to clarify requirements and drive on-time delivery. This role involves on-call rotations and a strong emphasis on system reliability.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Hands-on with Java and Spring Boot backend.
• Experience designing distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs.
• Ability to work independently on complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services with Java and Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with manager and peers to deliver features on time.
• Contribute to system design for scalability and reliability.
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Mentor engineers and address technical debt.
• Support production systems and on-call rotations.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Backend development

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Problem solving

Communication

Production software

Cloud platforms

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Monitoring tools

Job description

Aristocrat is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) in Greater London to design and build scalable, cloud-based services using Java and Spring Boot. You will mentor teammates and influence architectural decisions while delivering production-ready software.

You will lead with strong technical execution, champion best practices, and partner with product to clarify requirements and drive on-time delivery. This role involves on-call rotations and a strong emphasis on system reliability.