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# JAVA Backend Engineer

- **Company:** CBS Butler Limited
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £130,000.0 - £143,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Profiling, Code Review, Information Engineering, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Working Model 2D, Data Processing, Grafana, Spring-boot, Change Data Capture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Debezium, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Video Streaming, Stream Processing, Splunk, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.hiredonline.co.uk/jobs/225705187-java-backend-engineer/dcv-technologies

## About the Role

Our banking client is currently looking for a highly skilled Senior Java Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience in designing, developing, and optimizing real-time, low-latency data processing platforms. The ideal candidate should possess strong expertise in Java, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, streaming technologies, and data engineering frameworks to build scalable solutions capable of processing high-volume data changes with minimal latency.

This role requires hands-on experience in developing enterprise-grade backend applications that capture, process, transform, and distribute real-time data across multiple systems while ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance

Required Experience

 * 8+ years of backend application development experience using Java.
 * Experience building ultra-low-latency systems (<100ms processing latency).
 * Experience handling systems processing millions of events/transactions daily.
 * Real-time data synchronization across multiple platforms.
 * Strong expertise in low-latency application design and performance optimization.
 * Proven experience with Kafka, event streaming, and asynchronous architectures.
 * Experience implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) solutions using Debezium or similar technologies.
 * Experience with cloud-native application development., * Strong experience in Java 17+
 * Solid experience with Spring Boot, Microservices
 * Experience in working with Dynatrance, Splunk, Grafana
 * Expertise in Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect
 * Expertise in Change Data Capture (CDC) solutions using Debezium or similar technologies.
 * Real Time Streaming & Event-Driven architectures
 * Performance engineering concurrency & JVM tuning
 * SQL & Data Engineering Fundamentals
 * Kubernetes, Docker & CI/CD Pipelines
 * Cloud Platform Experience (Azure, Aws, Google)
 * Experience in Latency analysis and optimization
 * Excellent English communication skills </ul
Benefits: Hybrid / Inside IR35

## Description

* Design and develop highly scalable, low-latency, fault-tolerant backend applications using Java.
 * Build real-time data processing solutions for high-volume transactional systems.
 * Develop event-driven architectures using messaging and streaming technologies.
 * Design and implement microservices-based applications using Spring Boot.
 * Optimize application performance through profiling, tuning, and efficient resource utilization.
 * Develop APIs and backend services supporting sub-second response times.
 * Architect distributed systems with high throughput and minimal latency.
 * Implement resilient systems using caching, asynchronous processing, and circuit breaker patterns.
 * Perform code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
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