Senior Java Engineer: Scalable Backend Architect (Hybrid)

Ocho People; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Ownership & autonomy

Competitive package

Job summary

Ocho is partnering with a global product-led technology company to hire a Senior Java Engineer in Belfast. This hands-on role shapes and scales core backend services, influencing architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards in a true product engineering environment.

In this hybrid Belfast role you will collaborate closely with product and architecture teams, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable cloud-native systems on AWS with a strong product focus and ownership mindset.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience building large-scale systems using Java
• Deep understanding of cloud-native development, ideally within AWS
• Experience designing and working with distributed, highly available systems
• Comfortable leading technically and mentoring senior engineers
• Strong product mindset with experience working alongside product teams

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve highly scalable backend services
• Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making
• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability across distributed systems
• Collaborate closely with product, architecture, and engineering teams
• Drive best practices across code quality, testing, and delivery
• Mentor and support other engineers within the team

Skills

Java backend

Cloud-native AWS

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Product collaboration

Job description

Ocho is partnering with a global product-led technology company to hire a Senior Java Engineer in Belfast. This hands-on role shapes and scales core backend services, influencing architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards in a true product engineering environment.

In this hybrid Belfast role you will collaborate closely with product and architecture teams, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable cloud-native systems on AWS with a strong product focus and ownership mindset.