Senior Java & Spring Boot Engineer – Microservices & Cloud

Scrumconnect Limited; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Software Developer to design, build and maintain secure, high-quality Java services for public sector programmes. You will work in multidisciplinary agile teams, contribute to technical design, and provide technical leadership by setting standards and reviewing work.

Key responsibilities include designing and evolving Java/Spring Boot applications and a microservices architecture, writing unit and integration tests with JUnit,

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience of Java and Spring Boot.
• Proven experience designing and building microservices.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests with JUnit.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines.
• Experience working with AWS and Azure.
• Experience contributing to technical design and leading technically within an agile team.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Experience delivering digital services to the GDS Service Standard.
• Experience in public sector or other regulated environments.
• Docker and Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Cloud or Java certifications.
• Experience mentoring or coaching other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain Java and Spring Boot applications, including RESTful APIs.
• Develop and evolve a micro services architecture, keeping services loosely coupled, scalable and resilient.
• Write clean, maintainable and secure code, following agreed standards and best practice.
• Write automated tests, including unit tests with JUnit, and practise test-driven development.
• Take part in technical design, and explain design options and trade-offs to developers, architects and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines so changes are tested and released reliably.
• Deploy and run services on AWS and Azure.
• Review code and designs, and give constructive feedback.
• Provide agile technical leadership: guide the team on technical decisions, mentor developers and help unblock complex problems.
• Investigate and fix defects, and support services in live.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

JUnit

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

Security

Agile leadership

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Scrumconnect Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Software Developer to design, build and maintain secure, high-quality Java services for public sector programmes. You will work in multidisciplinary agile teams, contribute to technical design, and provide technical leadership by setting standards and reviewing work.

Key responsibilities include designing and evolving Java/Spring Boot applications and a microservices architecture, writing unit and integration tests with JUnit,