Senior Java Engineer — Cloud-Native Microservices

Sanderson Government & Defence; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Government & Defence is seeking a Senior Java Developer to design, build and scale high-performance platforms used across UK government and enterprise environments.

You will work in multidisciplinary engineering teams, contribute to software architecture, develop scalable microservices, and help steer engineering excellence throughout the development lifecycle with cloud-native approaches.

Qualifications

• Mentoring engineers and guiding career development.
• Experience influencing architectural decisions and technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and scale high-performance platforms.
• Contribute to software architecture and microservices development.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams.

Skills

Mentoring

Architectural decisions

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Cloud Native

IaC

Job description

Sanderson Government & Defence is seeking a Senior Java Developer to design, build and scale high-performance platforms used across UK government and enterprise environments.

You will work in multidisciplinary engineering teams, contribute to software architecture, develop scalable microservices, and help steer engineering excellence throughout the development lifecycle with cloud-native approaches.