Senior Java Full-Stack Engineer | Cloud, MQ/Kafka, DevOps

BNY; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY is seeking a Java Full Stack Engineer to join our Manchester team. You will design, develop, and support mission-critical applications in a fast-paced financial services environment, delivering production-grade solutions using Java, messaging tech, cloud and DevOps practices.

You will lead technical initiatives, automate operational tasks, and collaborate with development, production support, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and excellence across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher degree in computer science/engineering or related discipline
• Hands-on delivery of production-grade applications and experience in technical design, operational support, or engineering leadership
• Strong proficiency with Java, SQL and Git
• Proficiency with data standards & data modelling
• Proficiency with XML & JSON
• Strong proficiency with messaging frameworks – MQ / Kafka
• Proficiency with Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Integration
• Experience with automated testing, DevOps for build, deployment, release validation, and production support
• Experience deploying on cloud or container platforms, with orchestration and observability awareness
• Comfortable in Windows and Linux environments
• Experience designing new systems and features independently
• Hands-on experience with monitoring/observability tools (Splunk, AppDynamics, Moogsoft)
• Automation of Production Support tasks and health checks
• Strong scripting/automation using Java and Python or Shell
• Experience with Linux, SQL, messaging platforms (IBM MQ or Kafka), CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins, Maven)
• Understanding of incident management, runbooks, and risk controls

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support mission-critical applications in a financial services environment
• Lead technical initiatives and automate operational processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across production support, infrastructure and development
• Contribute to engineering excellence, risk management and continuous improvement
• Implement monitoring, observability dashboards and health reporting
• Hands-on development with REST APIs and data formats (JSON/XML)
• Ensure cloud/containers deployments are resilient and well monitored

Skills

Java

SQL

Git

Spring

Spring Boot

Spring Integration

MQ/Kafka

Cloud Platforms

DevOps

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline

Tools

Splunk

AppDynamics

Moogsoft

Jenkins

Maven

GitLab

Job description

BNY is seeking a Java Full Stack Engineer to join our Manchester team. You will design, develop, and support mission-critical applications in a fast-paced financial services environment, delivering production-grade solutions using Java, messaging tech, cloud and DevOps practices.

You will lead technical initiatives, automate operational tasks, and collaborate with development, production support, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and excellence across the SDLC.