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Senior Software Engineer - OTEL experience require - Contract IR35

Mindera

Leicester

On-site

GBP 125,000 - 150,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading technology company in Leicester is seeking a Java Engineer to join their backend engineering team. You will design and develop scalable Java-based microservices and implement observability best practices with OpenTelemetry. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience in Java and be able to mentor junior engineers. Competitive compensation is offered.

Benefits

Competitive day rate

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience in Java development.
  • Experience with OpenTelemetry for performance visibility.
  • Ability to diagnose production issues using telemetry data.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based microservices.
  • Implement observability best practices using OpenTelemetry.
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate telemetry data.
  • Maintain instrumentation standards across Java applications.
  • Contribute to architectural discussions on service design.
  • Write clean, efficient, and testable code.
  • Mentor junior engineers on observability practices.

Skills

Java-based microservices
OpenTelemetry (OTEL)
Observability best practices
Grafana
Prometheus
Jaeger
Tempo
Job description

Mindera is looking for aJava Engineer with hands-on experience in OpenTelemetry (OTEL) to join our backend engineering team. You’ll play a key role in designing, building, and instrumenting high-performance Java services.

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based microservices and backend systems.
  • Implement observability best practices using OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for tracing, metrics, and logging.
  • Collaborate with platform and DevOps teams to integrate telemetry data with systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, or Tempo.
  • Define and maintain instrumentation standards across Java applications to ensure consistency and performance visibility.
  • Diagnose complex production issues through telemetry data and performance profiling.
  • Contribute to architectural discussions on service design, distributed systems, and monitoring strategy.
  • Write clean, efficient, and testable code following best practices in CI/CD and automated testing.
  • Mentor junior engineers on observability and instrumentation concepts.

Competitive day rate

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