Senior Java & Kotlin Backend Engineer (Hybrid Contract)

Norton Blake; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Java Developer with strong Kotlin experience for a 6-month contract role. The successful candidate will work on designing and delivering scalable, high-quality backend systems. Responsibilities include building microservices and contributing to robust API development within a collaborative Agile team. The position is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days of on-site presence in West Sussex.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong expertise in Java and hands-on Kotlin development.
• Experience building backend services and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java and Kotlin.
• Build and enhance microservices-based architectures.
• Develop clean, scalable, and well-tested code.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Microservices architectures

Spring / Spring Boot

Problem-solving

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Java Developer with strong Kotlin experience for a 6-month contract role. The successful candidate will work on designing and delivering scalable, high-quality backend systems. Responsibilities include building microservices and contributing to robust API development within a collaborative Agile team. The position is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days of on-site presence in West Sussex.