Senior Java Engineer - Global Frontend Delivery Platform

Sytac; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Growth Days

Private laptop

Growth budget

Pension contributions

Annual trips & events

Job summary

Sytac is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to join our team on an exciting project for a client in the finance and banking sector, building the next generation of their frontend delivery service.

We are a multi-disciplinary team realising the core platform, migrating the Frontend controller to Java, and delivering a high-performing, scalable solution using a modern tech stack across the globe.

Qualifications

• Strong production experience with Java 21+ and Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservices and Kafka.
• Experience with DevOps and cloud pipelines.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development—from refinement to production monitoring, while participating in 24/7 on-call rotation (every 4–8 weeks) and incident management.
• Drive backend delivery excellence, contribute to technical design decisions, maintain risk/security documentation, and automate and scale global platforms.
• Act as a Security Champion for your squad, participating in code reviews and driving operational risk prevention.
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge to grow the squad.
• Collaborate with international architects, engineers, and stakeholders to roll out core solutions globally and contribute to a realistic squad roadmap.
• Transfer expertise through presentations, documentation, and setting high engineering standards in a safe, collaborative Agile environment.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Kafka

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Elasticsearch

Kibana

SQL

NoSQL

Gatling

Unit testing

Integration testing

TLS PKI security

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes/OpenShift

ElasticSearch

Kibana

SQL

NoSQL

Gatling

Job description

Sytac is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to join our team on an exciting project for a client in the finance and banking sector, building the next generation of their frontend delivery service.

We are a multi-disciplinary team realising the core platform, migrating the Frontend controller to Java, and delivering a high-performing, scalable solution using a modern tech stack across the globe.