Senior Java Developer

Hitachi, Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalLogic is seeking a Software Engineer to join a high-performance engineering team. You’ll design, develop and test software across the lifecycle, focusing on real-time banking platform and cloud-native services built with Spring Boot.

You’ll champion CI/CD, observability and resilient distributed systems, collaborating with architects and principal engineers to deliver scalable solutions that meet business objectives and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Kafka, Java/Spring Boot microservices experience.
• Resilient service design patterns with scalable architecture.
• Experience implementing continuous deployment in production.

Responsibilities

• Build real-time banking platform in a high-performance team.
• Design, implement and test distributed systems with cloud native tech.
• Improve reliability, observability and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with autonomy-empowered teams to align engineering with product outcomes.

Skills

Kafka

Java/Spring Boot

Microservices

Continuous deployment

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architecture

Job description

Job Description

Working in a permanent feature team, you’ll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You’ll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives.

You’ll also be:

• Applying Agile methods to the development of software on the backlog
• Producing resilient and long-lived software and acting flexibly to cope with future needs
• Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping
• Designing and developing software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, using executable patterns

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Requirements

This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer

You’ll be designing, producing, testing and implementing working software, working across the lifecycle of the system

Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

Skills required: Kafka, Java/Spring Boot microservices, resilient service design patterns, and continuous deployment practices.

Job Responsibilities

We’re looking for someone to join our high performance engineering team building our new real time banking platform. You’ll bring strong experience of working with Continuous Deployment practices in production environments.

You’ll have experience building and operating cloud native services using technologies such as Spring Boot, with automation as a core engineering principle.

You’ll be comfortable designing and delivering robust, scalable and resilient distributed systems, with a strong focus on reliability, observability and operational excellence. Exposure to agentic coding practices where it adds value, would be hugely beneficial

You’ll also need:

• Strong experience building robust, resilient and defensively coded distributed systems, ideally leveraging technologies such as Kafka and an understanding of designing and operating RESTful APIs at scale, including versioning, observability, monitoring, and forward, backward compatibility
• Experience with event driven architectures, both orchestrated and choreographed is expected
• Experience working effectively in teams that value autonomy and empowerment, where engineering excellence is aligned to product outcomes
• Strong experience operating in distributed, cloud native environments with complex failure modes, requiring thoughtful approaches to system design and assurance
• Proven ability to coach and mentor other engineers, supporting the growth and capability of the wider team

This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer

You’ll be designing, producing, testing and implementing working software, working across the lifecycle of the system

Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

What we offer

Why work at GlobalLogic

Our goal is to build an inclusive positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering our people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences – providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region also supports a hybrid model which can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by our business, customer and individual needs.

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), and discounted gym memberships. We offer a fantastic benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives. Colleagues are entitled to an annual volunteering day – so you can take time to support a cause close to your heart. We also love to stay social at our trips to the zoo, quiz nights, sports events, theatre trips and much more.

We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic is a full-lifecycle product development services leader that combines chip-to-cloud software engineering expertise and vertical industry experience to help our customers design, build, and deliver their next-generation products and digital experiences. We expertly integrate design, complex engineering, and agile delivery capabilities to deliver superior business outcomes for global brands in telecom, automotive, healthcare, technology, media and entertainment, manufacturing, and semiconductor industries.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic employs over 25,000 designers and engineers across the globe. Analysts like NASSCOM and Zinnov have recognized us for being a top company in our field, and we are consistently nominated as a preferred employer by both global HR consultative firms and local job boards. By creating a work environment that is exciting and flexible, and by fostering growth through ongoing learning and development programs, we empower our employees to achieve both their professional and personal goals.

At GlobalLogic, we make amazing products — and careers.