Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer (Java) | Inside IR35 | Contract | £750 per day

A short description of the job

We’re looking for Java Engineers who will work in one of the core cross-functional mission teams,

helping to build core-banking technology. A deep knowledge of Java is essential. Key to success in

the role is self-motivation and a passion for both business and technology innovation, as well as

the ability to clearly understand the user experience and being able to apply this understanding to

enhance the overall customer experience.

Knowledge of Event Sourcing / CQRS architecture patterns and Kafka is very useful and experience

with a micro service technology like Spring Boot is essential. The engineer will work mainly on their

micro services tier using Micronaut.

What your day-to-day looks like

● Deliver as a member of their mission team to build and develop the technology

product

● Support and oversee junior engineers and act as a subject matter expert

● Develop clean, elegant, and reusable code that is well-tested and easy to maintain and

extend

● Work with stakeholders across the business to drive the direction of their engineering

and put the long-term interests of customers at the heart of key decisions

● Collaborate across their backend chapter to uphold standards and best practices, and to

promote innovation

● Working collaboratively with the team to resolve technical issues

What we’re looking for

● Solid practical and theoretical knowledge of Java software development

● Strong experience of Spring Boot / Micronaut

● An understanding of Kubernetes / Docker

● An excellent understanding of AWS (deployment / configuration)

● Message-driven architectures / Kafka / event sourcing

● Experience working on a highly secure application

● Success delivering within an agile environment

● Ability to act as a subject matter expert and communicate with clarity and empathy to both

technical and non-technical audiences

● Understanding how to translate business objectives into data driven insights