Senior Java & Spring Boot Backend Engineer (Hybrid UK)

Scrumconnect Limited; Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Swansea, United Kingdom – Scrumconnect Consulting seeks an experienced Java Developer to design and build scalable backend systems using Java and Spring Boot. You will work on large-scale digital platforms, with exposure to public sector standards and GDS-aligned projects, in a hybrid environment with three days onsite.

Join a multidisciplinary agile team, collaborate across frontend, DevOps, and product stakeholders, write clean, secure code, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and system

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs.
• Familiarity with Hibernate/JPA.
• Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of secure coding practices and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java (8/11/17+) and Spring Boot.
• Build and manage RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product stakeholders.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Ensure application performance, scalability, and security.
• Contribute to system design and architecture decisions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and participate in deployment processes.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

Hibernate/JPA

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker

Kubernetes

Git & Agile

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Swansea, United Kingdom – Scrumconnect Consulting seeks an experienced Java Developer to design and build scalable backend systems using Java and Spring Boot. You will work on large-scale digital platforms, with exposure to public sector standards and GDS-aligned projects, in a hybrid environment with three days onsite.

Join a multidisciplinary agile team, collaborate across frontend, DevOps, and product stakeholders, write clean, secure code, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and system