Senior Java Engineer: Microservices & Kafka (Hybrid London)

Arrows; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrows is hiring experienced Java Engineers for a major technology programme with one of the UK's leading broadcast and media organisations. You’ll join a high-performing engineering team building and scaling event-driven, cloud-native services, working with modern technologies including Java, Kafka, Kubernetes and Docker.

You’ll be hands-on across the full development lifecycle, designing, building and testing scalable microservices that support high-volume, business-critical platforms, and

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java backend development.
• Commercial experience with Kafka.
• Experience with microservices and event-driven architecture.
• RESTful APIs.
• TDD / BDD and automated testing.
• Jenkins, Maven and/or Gradle.
• Agile engineering environments such as Scrum or XP.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and test scalable microservices
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering standards
• Collaborate on technical design and best practices

Job description

Arrows is hiring experienced Java Engineers for a major technology programme with one of the UK's leading broadcast and media organisations. You’ll join a high-performing engineering team building and scaling event-driven, cloud-native services, working with modern technologies including Java, Kafka, Kubernetes and Docker.

You’ll be hands-on across the full development lifecycle, designing, building and testing scalable microservices that support high-volume, business-critical platforms, and