Senior Java Engineer (AI-Augmented Delivery) - Bank - London

Salt; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt seeks a Senior Java Engineer for a Banking project in London on a contract basis, focusing on server-side delivery and modernising the architecture.

You will work in a hybrid setup (2 days on-site weekly) to migrate to event-based and microservices with Kafka, Spring Boot, Docker and Kubernetes. You will mentor junior staff and ensure design and code meet delivery standards across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering end-to-end IT solutions in Java.
• Strong design and development skills across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Hands-on Java including core APIs, OO design and service development.

Responsibilities

• Work in an Agile team to migrate legacy app to event-based and SOA.
• Lead delivery of end-to-end IT solutions meeting functional and non-functional requirements.
• Ensure solution aligns with engineering and architecture standards across platforms.

Skills

Java

Kotlin/Java interop

Kafka

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

Unix/Linux

Kafka ecosystem

Performance tuning

BDD/TDD

Cloud

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Splunk

IBM MQ

Oracle

Job description

Senior Java Engineer (AI-Augmented Delivery, Kafka, SpringBoot) - Banking - London/Hybrid

Daily rate: €600 - €700 (inside IR35)

Duration: 12 months

Start: ASAP

Hybrid: 2 days per week

My client is looking for a Senior Java Engineer to join a contract basis. They need someone with strong core Java expertise as the role primarily involves server-side deployment. 8 days on site per month. The successful candidate will have demonstrable solutions design and development skills and experience alongside validated strong systems development experience at all stages of the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Working as part of an Agile development team to deliver the migration of the legacy application to new event-based and service-oriented architecture solution, working in collaboration with the Solution Architect, Technical Lead, Application architects and other stakeholders.
• Lead delivery of a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Ensuring that the IT solution complies with the Enterprise engineering and architecture standards.
• Ensuring end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by, for instance, organising walkthroughs of the solution with delivery teams.
• Ensuring that the solution meets guidelines and standards for design and development.
• Undertaking hands-on development and coaching staff in the new technologies used; The successful candidate will be expected to support the development of more junior colleagues

Technical Skills:

• Strong systems development experience at all stages of systems development covering design, development, testing, live implementation and post implementation support.
• Strong hands-on Object-Oriented Design skills
• Strong core Java programming skills
• Experience of developing services/micro-services in Java
• Experience of developing containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on SpringBoot skills
• Experience of developing and deploying on Unix or Linux
• Hands-on experience of using the Kafka ecosystem
• Experience of profiling and performance tuning
• Experience of Behaviour-Driven and Test-Driven development principles and skills
• Experience of Public Cloud development

Soft Skills:

• Have the ability to motivate those you mentor, coach & lead
• Be a stand-out colleague and role model, willing to participate in peer reviews and to be reviewed by peers
• Be reliable, self-motivated and able to work without close management and supervision
• Possess inspiring communication and presentation skills to present proposals both orally and in writing
• Have the demonstrable ability to complete work within agreed timescales and identify problems and provide the most suitable solution(s)

Desirable Skills:

The following are not essential but would be a plus if the candidate can demonstrate any experience of:

• Working in an Agile development team
• Designing and implementing platform independent, database independent event driven applications
• Database design skills in technologies such as Oracle
• Splunk
• DevOps principles, processes and tooling
• IBM MQ
• Messaging Standards, for example ISO 15022, ISO 20022 and JSON
• Working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments*Rates depend on experience and client requirements