Senior Full Stack Developer

Agntx; England; Remote; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Agntx seeks two senior full-stack developers for a UK central government digital service. You will craft Java 11 services with Spring Boot/Maven, front-end templating via Nunjucks or Freemarker, and build microservices with Kafka/ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ. Expect API exposure through Kong, CI pipelines with Git/GitLab CI/Jenkins/SonarQube and AWS-based delivery.

Remote with occasional travel to UK cities. Ideal candidates will have strong Java 11, experience in event-driven architectures, API gateway

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Java 11 services with Spring Boot and Maven.
• Work in templating frameworks such as Nunjucks and Freemarker.
• Design and deliver microservices and event-driven architecture using Kafka, ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ.
• Manage and expose APIs through an API gateway, Kong.
• Build and maintain CI pipelines in Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins and SonarQube.
• Deliver on AWS.

Skills

Java 11

Spring Boot

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

API design

Tools

Kafka

ActiveMQ

RabbitMQ

Kong

Nunjucks

Freemarker

Git

GitLab CI

Jenkins

SonarQube

Spring Boot

Maven

AWS

Job description

A UK central government digital service is hiring two senior full stack developers, SFIA 5, remote with occasional travel.

The work spans both halves properly. Java 11 services behind a React and Node front end, built to the GOV.UK pattern, with event-driven messaging between them.

What you will do

• Build and maintain Java 11 services with Spring Boot and Maven
• Work in templating frameworks such as Nunjucks and Freemarker
• Design and deliver microservices and event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ
• Manage and expose APIs through an API gateway, Kong
• Build and maintain CI pipelines in Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins and SonarQube
• Deliver on AWS

What you need

• Java 11 with Spring Boot and Maven
• Microservices and event-driven architecture, with Kafka, ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ
• API gateway experience, ideally Kong
• Templating in Nunjucks or Freemarker
• CI tooling — Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins, SonarQube
• AWS
• UK central government delivery on an engagement of six months or longer

The package

• Inside IR35
• Six months initially
• Remote, with occasional travel to London, Manchester or Newcastle