Senior Java Lead | Spring Boot, Microservices, CI/CD

Ari Connects Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Ari Connects Ltd in Birmingham seeks an experienced Senior Java Developer with Technical Lead capabilities for a six-month UK contract. You will apply Java, Spring Boot, microservices and REST API work to deliver robust services while guiding a small team and owning delivery.

The role emphasizes architecture judgement, code reviews, CI/CD via GitLab, automated testing with QA, incident response, and clear communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Java development experience with modern Java releases.
• Extensive Spring Boot, microservices and REST API expertise.
• Proven architecture and design skills covering scalability, resilience, performance and security.
• Experience leading developers, mentoring, code reviews and delivery ownership.

Responsibilities

• Guide and mentor developers, review code, and own delivery.
• Maintain and troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Own automated testing in collaboration with QA.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents with root-cause analysis.
• Communicate clearly with technical teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

GitLab CI/CD

Unit Testing

Agile

Leadership

Architecture design

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Ari Connects Ltd in Birmingham seeks an experienced Senior Java Developer with Technical Lead capabilities for a six-month UK contract. You will apply Java, Spring Boot, microservices and REST API work to deliver robust services while guiding a small team and owning delivery.

The role emphasizes architecture judgement, code reviews, CI/CD via GitLab, automated testing with QA, incident response, and clear communication with stakeholders.