Java Developer (Settlements)
Posted 2 days ago by Synechron
£62 Per hour
Undetermined
Hybrid
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The role is for a Senior Java Developer to join a team focused on building a resilient and scalable cloud-based settlement platform. The candidate will engage in requirements refinement, architecture, design, implementation, and DevOps practices within an agile environment. A strong background in distributed applications, particularly on Azure, is preferred. The position offers a long-term contract with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring a maximum of three days in the office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in the refinement sessions to ensure the requirements are clearly defined.
- Write clean, performant, scalable, testable, and reusable code and build automated tests.
- Guide more junior developers helping them to follow the best software development practices.
- Follow the best DevOps practices - create CI/CD pipelines, enable capturing telemetry, etc.
- Contribute to enhancing team standards and improving processes.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on with 7+ years’ experience in building distributed event-based systems applying agile practices.
- Sound understanding of microservice architecture and design patterns, system resiliency, scalability, security, and observability.
- Strong working knowledge of core Java 8 & above, Spring-boot, and other Spring framework features.
- Experience with designing and implementing high volume messaging- and rest- based middleware.
- Experience with defining scalable database models (relational or others).
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.
- Familiarity with cloud-based development principles.
- Fast learner and desire to constantly learn and improve.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or in a related field.
Salary (Rate): £62.00/hr
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
We are looking for a Senior Java developer, preferably with exposure to Cloud Architectures & Public Cloud offerings, to join our team building a resilient, scalable, and secure cloud-based settlement platform. You will be participating in the requirements refinement sessions, working on architecture, design, and implementation - writing code and automated tests, creating CI/CD pipelines following the best software development and DevOps standards. In our agile environment, you will have to interact directly with the users, product owners, business analysts, and other technologists across the firm. If you have a track record of building large-scale distributed applications, preferably on Azure/Cloud, we’d like to meet you. Long Term Contract Hybrid - Max Three Days in the office Rate - 450 - 500 DOE
Responsibilities :
- Actively participate in the refinement sessions to ensure the requirements are clearly defined.
- Write clean, performant, scalable, testable, and reusable code and build automated tests.
- Guide more junior developers helping them to follow the best software development practices.
- Follow the best DevOps practices - create CI/CD pipelines, enable capturing telemetry, etc.
- Contribute to enhancing team standards and improving processes.
Skills required (essential):
- Hands-on with 7+ years’ experience in building distributed event-based systems applying agile practices.
- Sound understanding of microservice architecture and design patterns, system resiliency, scalability, security, and observability.
- Strong working knowledge of core Java 8 & above, Spring-boot, and other Spring framework features.
- Experience with designing and implementing high volume messaging- and rest- based middleware.
- Experience with defining scalable database models (relational or others).
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.
- Familiarity with cloud-based development principles.
- Fast learner and desire to constantly learn and improve.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or in a related field.
Skills desired (recommended):
- Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud.
- Experience with Angular.
- Familiarity with Kafka and Mongo DB.
- Prior experience in FinTech application development.
- Experience with working in a global delivery team.