Contract Senior Software Engineer - Java/Kotlin - Manchester - 6 months £720 per day (Inside IR35)
Posted 4 days ago by Ventula Consulting
£720 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
Manchester, UK
Summary: The role is for a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Java/Kotlin, focusing on complex integration flows and establishing engineering foundations within a leading E-commerce company in Manchester. This hands-on contract position requires strong technical skills and leadership in design and development processes. The contract is for an initial duration of six months with a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing and building Back End services and APIs in Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot or similar), on Kubernetes with CI/CD
- Owning end-to-end connectivity flows
- Building reusable connectors and tooling to make onboarding cheaper and faster
- Leading design discussions, writing clear design docs, and reviewing code across the team
Key Skills:
- Strong Senior software engineer experience
- Excellent skills with Java and/or Kotlin
- Strong distributed systems experience
- Cloud-native development (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD; AWS or similar)
- Kafka/message queues/event-driven architecture
- Strong communication skills
Salary (Rate): £720 per day
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Contract Senior Software Engineer - Java/Kotlin - Manchester - 6 months £720 per day (Inside IR35)
Senior Software Engineer, with strong Java/Kotlin skills and Kakfa, is required by a leading E-commerce company based in Manchester.
This is a hands-on senior contract role. You'll own complex integration flows, define how a new team works, and put proper engineering foundations in place
What you'll be doing:
- Designing and building Back End services and APIs in Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot or similar), on Kubernetes with CI/CD
- Owning end-to-end connectivity flows
- Building reusable connectors and tooling to make onboarding cheaper and faster
- Leading design discussions, writing clear design docs, and reviewing code across the team
Required skills and experience
- Strong Senior software engineer experience
- Excellent skills with Java and/or Kotlin
- Strong distributed systems experience
- Cloud-native development (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD; AWS or similar)
- Kafka/message queues/event-driven architecture
- Strong communication skills
This is a contract role offering a daily rate between £650 - £720 per day (Inside IR35) for an initial 6 months with potential to extend