Senior Java Backend Engineer — Cloud-Native Microservices

Capco; City of Edinburgh, Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Pension

Health insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Capco in Scotland is seeking an experienced Java technologist to design and deliver cloud-native, microservices-based applications. You will work from our Edinburgh office, with potential engagements in Edinburgh or Glasgow depending on client needs.

You should bring expert Java and Spring Boot skills, strong AWS knowledge, and a track record of secure, scalable CI/CD deployments in financial services projects.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Java development experience with Java 11, 17, and 21+.
• Strong Spring Boot proficiency and cloud-native microservices design.
• Experience with AWS and event-driven architectures; CI/CD, SQL/NoSQL, Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Design and build microservices-based applications using Java 11+ and Spring Boot.
• Deliver enterprise cloud solutions focusing on AWS infrastructure and services.
• Build and manage robust CI/CD pipelines with secure, scalable deployments.
• Write comprehensive tests and practice quality-driven development across the stack.
• Collaborate in agile teams and contribute to design decisions and troubleshooting.

Skills

Java development

Spring Boot

Cloud architectures

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Secure design

AWS familiarity

Event-driven design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

CloudFormation

GitLab CI/CD

Cucumber

CQRS

Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Capco in Scotland is seeking an experienced Java technologist to design and deliver cloud-native, microservices-based applications. You will work from our Edinburgh office, with potential engagements in Edinburgh or Glasgow depending on client needs.

You should bring expert Java and Spring Boot skills, strong AWS knowledge, and a track record of secure, scalable CI/CD deployments in financial services projects.