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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Java Engineer - **Company:** Version 1 Solutions Limited - **Location:** Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £49,000.0 - £66,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Code Generation, Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Software Debugging, Digital Data, Distributed Computing Environment, Github, Gradle, Spring Framework, Apache Maven, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Microsoft Software, Microsoft SQL Server, OAuth, OpenShift, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Redis, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Spring Cloud, GitHub Copilot, Snowflake, Outsystems, Prompt Engineering, Spring-boot, Software Security, Backend, Git, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Bitbucket, Restful APIs, Software Version Control, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** September 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5878314398 ## About the Role * Some exposure to trading or financial platforms, with an awareness of non-functional requirements such as latency, resiliency, throughput, and failover handling. * Experience developing cloud-native applications with a microservices architecture running on Docker/OpenShift/Kubernetes. * Solid application development skills in Java, SQL (SQL Server, Oracle, etc.) and messaging platforms such as Kafka and MQ. * Experience with the Spring framework and Spring Boot technologies. * Experience in Java REST API development and application security best practices (OAuth, JWT, etc.). * Experience with build and source control tools: Gradle, Maven, Git/Bitbucket. * Familiarity with caching services such as Redis. * Awareness of AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude to accelerate development, generate boilerplate, and review code. * Ability to apply AI tooling critically - validating, refactoring, and integrating AI-generated code rather than accepting output uncritically. * Awareness of prompt engineering techniques relevant to software development workflows (code generation, test writing, documentation, debugging). * Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment. ## Description * Design, develop, and maintain backend components in Java, with a focus on performance and resilience. * Contribute hands-on to features across messaging, caching, and distributed processing layers. * Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to sequencing, recovery, message failures, and large-volume processing. * Support releases, deployments, and production stability activities. * Adhere to CI/CD pipelines, code quality standards, and operational readiness requirements. * Apply performance, security, and resilience best practices, particularly around message handling. * Work closely with the Technical Lead and peers to deliver against team objectives. * Contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and knowledge sharing within the team. * Raise risks, blockers, and progress updates clearly within the team. Technologies: * AI * API * AWS * Backend * BitBucket * CI/CD * Cloud * Copilot * Cursor * Docker * Git * GitHub * Gradle * Support * JWT * Java * Kafka * Kubernetes * Maven * OAuth * OpenShift * Oracle * OutSystems * REST * Redis * SQL * Security * Snowflake * Spring * Spring Boot * microservices * Embedded, We are Version 1, a 30-year established technology and transformation partner trusted by global brands. We work with leading technology providers including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, and Snowflake, and we are a UK and Ireland premier AWS, Microsoft, and Oracle partner. Our UK Digital Data & Cloud Practice is growing, and this Java Engineer role sits within our high-profile trading client work in the financial services domain, supporting a high-volume message processing environment. We offer strong career progression and mentorship, flexible and remote working, financial and wellbeing benefits, generous leave, educational assistance, certifications and accreditations, and a range of reward and inclusion initiatives. 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