Senior Java Engineer (Kubernetes, Kafka, Docker) - Hybrid

Xpand Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to join their team in London, working 8 days per month onsite. The role involves leading the migration of legacy applications to a service-oriented architecture. Ideal candidates must have strong skills in core Java, Docker, Kubernetes, and an agile environment. The position offers competitive rates based on experience, with the opportunity for hands-on involvement and mentoring of junior staff.

Qualifications

• Strong systems development experience covering all stages including design, development, testing, and live support.
• Strong hands-on Object-Oriented Design skills.
• Experience profiling and performance tuning of applications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver migration of legacy applications to new event-based architecture.
• Lead delivery of coherent end-to-end IT solutions.
• Ensure compliance with Enterprise engineering standards.
• Organise walkthroughs of solutions with delivery teams.
• Support development and coaching of junior colleagues.

Skills

Strong core Java programming skills

Experience developing micro-services in Java

Hands-on experience with Docker

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes

Hands-on SpringBoot skills

Experience with Kafka ecosystem

Experience in Unix or Linux environments

Experience in Test-Driven development

Experience in Agile development

Job description

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Senior Java Engineer (Kubernetes, Kafka, SpringBoot) - Finance - London

Daily rate: £550 - £750 (inside IR35)

Duration: 12 months

Hybrid: 8 days per month

Start: ASAP

A banking client of mine is looking for a Senior Java Engineer with Kafka and Docker skills to join the team on a freelance basis. Must be based in the UK and happy to be on site 8 days per month which is mandatory.

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

Desirable Skills:

• 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