Summary: The role is for a Senior Java Software Engineer on a 6-month contract, focusing on back-end development within a cross-disciplinary team. The engineer will contribute to a new programme by collaborating with business and product leads to create technical solutions and enhance technical best practices. The position requires strong Java skills and experience with microservices and AWS cloud services, with a hybrid working arrangement of 2 days in the office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to key aspects of the technical build for a new programme.
• Collaborate closely with business and product leads to devise technical solutions.
• Contribute to technical best practices and team development.
• Implement strong Java programming and software design patterns.
• Work with serverless implementations and relational database systems.
• Engage in software testing best practices, including unit and integration testing.
• Design and develop microservice architectures.
• Translate technical matters for non-technical team members.
• Resolve ambiguities in scope and technical solutions.

Key Skills:

• Strong Java programming skills.
• Understanding of software design patterns focused on resilience.
• Experience with serverless implementation and AWS cloud services.
• Knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL.
• Experience with microservice architectures and containerization.
• Excellent communication skills and experience in cross-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to devise detailed technical solutions from business requirements.
• Experience in a scale-up or similar environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively and self-direct work.

Salary (Rate): 500

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT