Senior Java & Spring Boot Engineer - Cloud, Microservices

GTC Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SC clearance eligibility

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

GTC Recruitment is seeking an experienced Java Developer for a 12-month contract to deliver citizen-facing digital services. You will work with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka and MongoDB in a modern, cloud-enabled environment.

Join a multidisciplinary Agile team as part of a hands-on engineering group, building scalable microservices and REST APIs while maintaining quality, resilience and security across production services.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in Java development.
• Strong Spring Boot experience.
• Experience with AWS, Kafka and MongoDB.
• Experience building microservices and REST APIs.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, and Git.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality Java applications and services.
• Build scalable and resilient microservices using Spring Boot.
• Develop RESTful APIs and integrations with other systems.
• Work with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Develop and maintain cloud-based solutions using AWS.
• Work with MongoDB and NoSQL technologies.
• Write robust automated unit and integration tests.
• Troubleshoot defects and complex technical issues.
• Contribute to performance, resilience and operational stability of live services.
• Participate in full software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to engineering standards, documentation and continuous improvement.
• Support production services and participate in 3rd-line support when required.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kafka

MongoDB

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Git

Docker/Kubernetes

Tools

JUnit

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

GTC Recruitment is seeking an experienced Java Developer for a 12-month contract to deliver citizen-facing digital services. You will work with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka and MongoDB in a modern, cloud-enabled environment.

Join a multidisciplinary Agile team as part of a hands-on engineering group, building scalable microservices and REST APIs while maintaining quality, resilience and security across production services.