Senior Java Backend Engineer - Real-Time, Low-Latency Systems

DCV Technologies

Gloucester

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

DCV Technologies is seeking a Senior Java Backend Engineer in the United Kingdom to design, implement, and optimize real-time, low-latency data processing platforms. You will work on enterprise-grade backends, capturing, processing, transforming, and distributing real-time data across systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.

Applicants should bring 8+ years of Java backend experience, strong Spring Boot and microservices skills, and proven expertise in Kafka, CDC

Qualifications

  • 8+ years backend development with Java.
  • Experience building ultra-low-latency systems.
  • Real-time data synchronization across platforms.
  • Proven Kafka, event streaming, and asynchronous architectures experience.
  • CDC implementations with Debezium or similar.
  • Cloud-native development experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop highly scalable, low-latency, fault-tolerant backend applications using Java.
  • Build real-time data processing solutions for high-volume transactional systems.
  • Develop event-driven architectures using messaging and streaming technologies.
  • Design and implement microservices using Spring Boot.
  • Profile, tune, and optimize performance.
  • Develop APIs and backend services with sub-second response times.
  • Architect distributed systems with high throughput and low latency.
  • Implement resilient systems with caching and asynchronous processing.
  • Perform code reviews and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Java 17+
Low-latency design
Distributed systems
Event-driven architectures
Kafka
Spring Boot
Microservices
JVM tuning
Cloud platforms
Real-time data processing

Tools

Dynatrace
Splunk
Grafana
Kafka Streams
Kafka Connect
Debezium
Kubernetes
Docker
CI/CD

Job description

DCV Technologies is seeking a Senior Java Backend Engineer in the United Kingdom to design, implement, and optimize real-time, low-latency data processing platforms. You will work on enterprise-grade backends, capturing, processing, transforming, and distributing real-time data across systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.

Applicants should bring 8+ years of Java backend experience, strong Spring Boot and microservices skills, and proven expertise in Kafka, CDC

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