Senior Java Lead - Cloud, Spring Boot & Kafka

Involved Solutions; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 190,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Involved Solutions is recruiting for a Senior Java Developer on a 12-month contract to work on a major UK Government programme. The role is hybrid, with 60% office attendance in Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham.

You will lead Java development hands-on, mentor the team, and drive engineering standards while collaborating with architects, product owners and multidisciplinary teams to deliver scalable, cloud-based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, AWS and Kafka.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Extensive AWS and cloud-based app development experience.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases.
• Proven ability to lead technically and mentor junior/mid-level developers.
• Experience setting engineering standards, best practices and quality.
• Ability to collaborate with architects, product owners and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience delivering scalable solutions in complex Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across Java development.
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers and conduct code reviews.
• Drive engineering standards and best practices across the team.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners and cross-functional teams to shape robust solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kafka

MongoDB

Technical Leadership

Mentoring

Agile

Tools

MongoDB

Job description

Involved Solutions is recruiting for a Senior Java Developer on a 12-month contract to work on a major UK Government programme. The role is hybrid, with 60% office attendance in Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham.

You will lead Java development hands-on, mentor the team, and drive engineering standards while collaborating with architects, product owners and multidisciplinary teams to deliver scalable, cloud-based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, AWS and Kafka.