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# Senior Backend Developer (Java / Spring Boot / AWS)

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Amazon DynamoDB, Cloud Services, Spring-boot, Backend, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Api Design, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Microservices
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-developer-java/sanderson-recruitment-job108115022

## About the Role

* Commercial experience with Java 21 and Spring Boot
 * Building and running applications on AWS
 * Microservices and API design

## Description

I'm working with a financial services organisation that needs a Senior Backend Developer to build and maintain cloud-based services on AWS. The work is hands-on and includes code reviews and input into technical decisions., * Build REST and event-driven microservices in Java and Spring Boot

 * Deploy and support services on AWS (e.g. ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS)
 * Own services from design through to production support
 * Maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK)
 * Review code and contribute to architecture decisions