Java Developer

• Feature Development (50%): Develop new features that are functional, performant, well tested and aligned with business needs, while progressively modernising the underlying components and microservices in line with OSS lifecycles. Confidently demonstrate your work and its impact to stakeholders and the wider team.

• Collaboration & Delivery (30%): Work closely with other developers, leads and product owners to understand requirements, shape implementation approaches and ensure smooth integration of microservices and components.

• Operations, AI & Continuous Improvement (20%): Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, run services in Kubernetes (EKS on AWS), and support monitoring and alerting (Prometheus / Grafana). Help maintain a stable production environment. Use AI coding tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining rigorous code quality through reviews and strong engineering judgement.

• Demonstrated a passion for learning and sharing knowledge with others.

• Developed a strong understanding of the business context and roadmap.

What You’ll Need

The ideal candidate will be proactive, keen to develop and implement innovative solutions, and able to:

• Show strong hands-on development experience with Spring Framework 6+ and Spring Boot 3+.

• Commit to testing, including writing and maintaining unit tests, using mocking frameworks and applying test-driven development.

• Build REST and GraphQL APIs.

• Work with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.

• Use RDBMS and ORM frameworks in practice.

• Apply OOP fundamentals and event-driven architecture.

• Appreciate the importance of Continuous Integration.

• Collaborate successfully within a sociable, multi-functional team.

• Leverage AI tools to enhance code quality and boost productivity.

Bonus points if you have:

• Development experience with caching and message queue technologies.

• Used containers as part of your development process.

• Worked on web systems built to cope with millions of users.

• Experience of agile practices.

• Development experience with Kotlin.

• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes and Terraform.