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

VirtueTech Recruitment Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 55,350 - 73,800; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing travel-tech organisation is looking for a Senior Java Developer to join their team. This fully remote position will involve leading the evolution of a large-scale Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL system. Candidates should have expertise in building commercial applications and understanding of backend design patterns and integration. This is a 6-month contract with high likelihood of extension, offering a competitive daily rate from £300 to £400.

Qualifications

• Senior-level expertise building and maintaining commercial production-scale applications.
• Experience architecting and maintaining distributed backend systems.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, API design, and scalable service architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of a large-scale Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL system.
• Design and implement new backend features, unit testing, API testing.
• Contribute to shared architecture, functional models, and backend design patterns.

Skills

Java

API design

Scalable service architecture

Integration patterns

Distributed backend systems

Spring Boot

MySQL

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, Spring Boot, and MySQL system, 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
• 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).
• A 6‑month contract — extension highly likely due to roadmap depth.
• A fully remote within Europe arrangement.

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

Seniority Level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

• Contract

Job Function

• Information Technology