Senior Java Developer | Travel-tech Senior Java Developer | £300-400 / day | Outside IR35 | Ful[...]

VirtueTech Recruitment Group; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing travel-tech organization is seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer to join their team. This role involves leading the evolution of a large-scale Java application and implementing new features to support both web and mobile clients. Candidates should have strong expertise in Java, Springboot, MySQL, and distributed backend systems. This is a contract role for 6 months with a high likelihood of extension and is fully remote within Europe.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in building and maintaining commercial applications.
• Deep proficiency in Java, Springboot, and MySQL.
• Strong understanding of API design and scalable architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of a large-scale Java application.
• Design and implement new backend features and improvements.
• Contribute to shared architecture and backend design patterns.

Skills

Java

Springboot

MySQL

API design

Distributed backend systems

Tools

Node.js

PHP

MongoDB

Kafka

React

Job description

Senior Java Developer | Travel-tech Senior Java Developer | £300-400 / day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote within Europe

A fast-growing travel-tech organisation is embarking on a major product evolution and is looking for an experienced Senior Java Developer to join their team. This is a key engineering role working on high-traffic, consumer-facing systems used across Europe.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the evolution of a large-scale Java, Springboot, and MySQL , ensuring it can support a new universal architecture across multiple products.
• Design and implement new backend features, Unit Testing, API testing, and system improvements to support both web and mobile clients.
• Contribute to shared architecture, functional models, and backend design patterns to unify services across the organisation.

Required Skills & Experience

• Senior-level expertise building and maintaining commercial, production-scale applications.
• Deep proficiency in:
• Java
• Springboot (server-side development, API design)
• MySQL (performance optimisation, complex queries, relational modelling)
• Experience architecting and maintaining distributed backend systems.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, API design, and scalable service architecture.

Nice To Have

• Node.js, PHP, MongoDB, Kafka, React (for back office apps)

Contract Details

• 6-month contract — extension highly likely due to roadmap depth
• Outside IR35
• Fully remote within Europe

Apply now by sending your CV to [e-mail] or by replying directly to this advert.