Senior Java Developer
Posted Today by Gravitas Recruitment Group Ltd
£550 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
City of London, UK
Summary: The Senior Java Developer role involves joining a modern engineering team to build high-performance, cloud-native services. The position emphasizes ownership of Back End design, mentoring engineers, and enhancing engineering standards, particularly through the effective use of GitHub Copilot. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in Java development and a passion for mentoring others in best practices. This role is pivotal in accelerating team capabilities and delivering robust cloud solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and optimise microservices and APIs using Java 21.
- Drive best practice in code quality, testing, secure coding, and performance tuning.
- Build and integrate with NoSQL data stores and event-driven components where appropriate.
- Deliver cloud solutions on Azure and/or AWS, including CI/CD and infrastructure collaboration.
- Champion developer productivity, including effective daily use of GitHub Copilot and prompting patterns.
- Mentor team members through pairing, reviews, and practical enablement sessions.
Key Skills:
- Significant commercial experience as a Senior Java Developer, with strong hands-on delivery.
- Expert knowledge of Java 21 and modern Java ecosystem (Spring Boot, Gradle/Maven).
- Strong experience with microservices, RESTful API design, and distributed systems.
- Solid experience with NoSQL technologies (eg, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, Cassandra).
- Cloud experience in Azure and/or AWS (security, networking basics, managed services, monitoring).
- Excellent knowledge of automated testing (unit/integration), CI/CD, and version control (Git).
- GitHub Copilot: daily user who understands key new features, limitations, governance, and secure usage; able to upskill others.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with product, QA, DevOps, and architecture.
Salary (Rate): £550 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Java Developer
Location: London, London, United Kingdom
Rate: £550 per day
Contract type: Contract
We are seeking a Senior Java Developer to join a modern engineering team building high-performance, cloud-native services. You will take ownership of Back End design and delivery, mentor engineers, and help elevate engineering standards. A key focus of this role is accelerating team capability with GitHub Copilot-we are looking for a genuine enthusiast who uses it daily, understands the newest features, and can coach others to use it safely and effectively.
Key Responsibilities- Design, build, and optimise microservices and APIs using Java 21.
- Drive best practice in code quality, testing, secure coding, and performance tuning.
- Build and integrate with NoSQL data stores and event-driven components where appropriate.
- Deliver cloud solutions on Azure and/or AWS, including CI/CD and infrastructure collaboration.
- Champion developer productivity, including effective daily use of GitHub Copilot and prompting patterns.
- Mentor team members through pairing, reviews, and practical enablement sessions.
Essential Requirements
- Significant commercial experience as a Senior Java Developer, with strong hands-on delivery.
- Expert knowledge of Java 21 and modern Java ecosystem (Spring Boot, Gradle/Maven).
- Strong experience with microservices, RESTful API design, and distributed systems.
- Solid experience with NoSQL technologies (eg, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, Cassandra).
- Cloud experience in Azure and/or AWS (security, networking basics, managed services, monitoring).
- Excellent knowledge of automated testing (unit/integration), CI/CD, and version control (Git).
- GitHub Copilot: daily user who understands key new features, limitations, governance, and secure usage; able to upskill others.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with product, QA, DevOps, and architecture.
Desirable
- Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch).
- Experience with event streaming (Kafka, Event Hubs, Kinesis).
