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

VirtueTech Recruitment Group; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing travel-tech company is seeking a Senior Java Developer for a key engineering role that involves leading the evolution of a large-scale application within a fully remote setup across Europe. The successful candidate will design and implement backend features, build commercial applications, and work with technologies including Java, Springboot, and MySQL. This 6-month contract offers an exceptional opportunity to be at the forefront of a major product evolution.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing production-scale applications.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Springboot, and MySQL.
• Ability to architect scalable backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of a large-scale Java application.
• Design and implement backend features and improvements.
• Contribute to unified services architecture across organization.

Skills

Senior-level expertise building and maintaining commercial applications

Java

Springboot

MySQL

Distributed backend systems architecture

API design

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.