Micronaut Java Engineer

Senior Java Developer (Micronaut) | Banking

Fully Remote

6-Month Contract (Highly Extendable)

Sunday - Thursday Working Week

We're partnering with a leading organisation within the financial services sector that is looking to engage a Senior Java Developer for a long-term remote contract opportunity.

This role will suit an experienced engineer who has a strong background in Java development within banking environments and hands-on experience working with Micronaut-based microservices architectures.

Required Experience

• Strong Java development experience (5+ years)
• Proven commercial experience with Micronaut (essential)
• Previous experience within Banking / Financial Services (essential)
• Strong understanding of Microservices and REST APIs
• Experience with SQL databases, JPA/Hibernate and modern backend development practices
• Agile environment experience
• Unit testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Git version control experience

Nice to Have

• Kafka
• Redis
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Grafana
• CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud platform exposure (AWS, GCP or Oracle Cloud)
• API documentation tools such as Swagger/OpenAPI

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and developing scalable Java microservices
• Collaborating with Product Owners and Business Analysts to refine requirements
• Contributing to architectural decisions and engineering best practices
• Supporting testing, code quality and continuous improvement initiatives
• Mentoring junior developers where required
• Working within a high-performing Agile development team

Contract Details

• 6-Month Initial Contract
• Fully Remote
• Sunday - Thursday
• Strong likelihood of extension

If you have Java + Micronaut experience within a banking environment, I'd be keen to speak with you.