Senior Java Developer

Falcon Chase International

Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Job location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java

ActiveMQ

Activiti (Software)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Business Process Model and Notation

Continuous Integration

Amazon DynamoDB

Hibernate

JasperReports

Java Persistence API

Spring

JUnit

PostgreSQL

Maven

Enterprise Messaging Systems

Node.js

Performance Tuning

Scrum

Mockito

SonarQube

SQL Databases

Web Platforms

Test Driven Development

Spring Cloud

Grafana

Spring-boot

SOAPAPI

GIT

SC Clearance

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Containerization

Angular

Infrastructure Automation Frameworks

Route53

Cloudwatch

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Spring Batch

Docker

Jenkins

Microservices

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Developer to join a large-scale public sector programme, delivering solutions across a portfolio of biometric and digital identity products. You will play a key role in building, enhancing, and supporting live systems, diagnosing incidents, and engineering high-quality, scalable Java solutions within a collaborative Agile environment.

Must have active SC clearance

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement Java-based solutions for large-scale biometric and digital platforms
Support and maintain live production systems, including incident diagnosis and resolution
Build and integrate microservices-based architectures using modern Spring technologies
Collaborate closely with engineers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality code
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and promote engineering best practices
Mentor and support team members where required

Essential Skills & Experience

8-10+ years of hands-on Java development experience on large-scale Spring-based projects
Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Batch, Spring Integration, Microservices
SQL databases (PostgreSQL/Aurora), Hibernate (JPA)
REST & SOAP web services
Messaging systems such as ActiveMQ
AWS cloud services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, KMS, CloudWatch)
CI/CD tooling: Maven, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube
Containerisation using Docker
Test-driven development using JUnit, Mockito, TestContainers (or similar)
Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)
Experience supporting live systems and resolving production issues
Public sector project experience

Desirable Skills

Angular and/or Node.js
Jaspersoft reporting
Spring Cloud, Activiti BPMN
DBA-level exposure to performance tuning (Postgres/Aurora)
AWS DevOps and infrastructure automation
Monitoring with Grafana

Requirements

8-10+ years of hands-on Java development experience on large-scale Spring-based projects
Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Batch, Spring Integration, Microservices
SQL databases (PostgreSQL/Aurora), Hibernate (JPA)
REST & SOAP web services
Messaging systems such as ActiveMQ
AWS cloud services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, KMS, CloudWatch)
CI/CD tooling: Maven, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube
Containerisation using Docker
Test-driven development using JUnit, Mockito, TestContainers (or similar)
Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)
Experience supporting live systems and resolving production issues
Public sector project experience