Senior Backend Engineer — Secure Cloud & Data Platforms

Aker Systems; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to lead the development of backend platforms for national security and defense clients. You will work in an Agile team to leverage your expertise in JAVA, cloud technologies, and DevSecOps practices. This role requires at least 5 years of professional experience, especially in creating secure, high-performance solutions. Benefits include a competitive salary, medical insurance, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company paid medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Annual training allowance

Wellbeing allowance

Virtual GP

Employee Assistance plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in delivering production-grade cloud solutions.
• Proficiency in JAVA and JVM compatible languages.
• Experience in Agile DevSecOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of backend platforms for security and defense clients.
• Design, document, deploy, and enhance platform features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain operational services.

Skills

JAVA programming

Kotlin or Scala

Agile DevSecOps

Kafka

PostgreSQL, Redis, or S3 integration

Continuous delivery practices

Test Driven Development

Micro-service design patterns

Big Data technologies

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Atlassian Suite

Job description

A technology firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to lead the development of backend platforms for national security and defense clients. You will work in an Agile team to leverage your expertise in JAVA, cloud technologies, and DevSecOps practices. This role requires at least 5 years of professional experience, especially in creating secure, high-performance solutions. Benefits include a competitive salary, medical insurance, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.