Senior Java Software Engineer

MPower Plus; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

MPower Plus in Manchester seeks a Java software engineer to build enterprise applications with Java 8/11/17+ and strong hands-on experience in microservices architecture using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and distributed design.

You will work with Apache Kafka for event-driven architecture, deploy to Google Cloud Platform, and implement containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes. The role emphasizes CI/CD, Git workflows, automated testing, and Agile delivery.

Qualifications

• Java experience with enterprise application development.
• Microservices with Spring Boot, REST APIs, distributed design.
• Kafka for event-driven messaging and asynchronous processing.
• GCP deployment, monitoring and cloud-native services.
• Docker and Kubernetes for containerisation and orchestration.
• CI/CD using Git, Jenkins and GitHub Actions; automated pipelines.
• SQL/NoSQL databases, automated tests, and Agile delivery.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Kafka

Event-driven

GCP

Cloud deployment

Monitoring

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Agile

SQL

NoSQL

Automated testing

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Spring Boot

Job description

• Java (8/11/17+) with strong hands‑on experience in enterprise application development.
• Microservices Architecture using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and distributed system design.
• Apache Kafka for event‑driven architecture, messaging, and asynchronous processing.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including deployment, monitoring, and cloud‑native services.
• Containerisation & Orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• CI/CD & DevOps using Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Database & Engineering Practices including SQL/NoSQL databases, automated testing, and Agile delivery.