Senior Java Backend Engineer – Hybrid, Growth & Benefits

VanRath; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Performance bonus

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

VanRath in Belfast is seeking a Back-End Software Engineer (Java) to join an established engineering team. You will build and enhance large-scale backend platforms that support mission-critical enterprise applications used by customers worldwide, with modern Java technologies and cloud platforms in a DevOps environment.

This role offers hybrid working, competitive salary, performance bonus and strong career progression as you own features from design through deployment and collaborate across

Qualifications

• Commercial experience building server-side Java applications.
• Experience in live production deployments and support.
• Strong understanding of backend architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and backend integrations.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Experience working in Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain enterprise-grade Java services and APIs.
• Work across the full software development lifecycle with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Site Reliability teams to run in cloud environments.
• Contribute to backend architecture, CI/CD automation and production support.
• Ensure platforms are secure, reliable and maintainable.

Skills

server-side Java

RESTful APIs

backend architecture

Agile development

CI/CD pipelines

debugging & problem-solving

feature ownership

communication

learning new tech

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

AWS/Azure/GCP

Jenkins

ArgoCD

MongoDB/Redis

Job description

VanRath in Belfast is seeking a Back-End Software Engineer (Java) to join an established engineering team. You will build and enhance large-scale backend platforms that support mission-critical enterprise applications used by customers worldwide, with modern Java technologies and cloud platforms in a DevOps environment.

This role offers hybrid working, competitive salary, performance bonus and strong career progression as you own features from design through deployment and collaborate across