Software Engineer (Java - AWS)
Posted 2 weeks ago by Morgan McKinley
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Manchester
Summary: The Software Engineer (Java/AWS) role is focused on supporting a major transformation program within a global business by building a new engineering team to modernize financial data systems. The position involves ensuring the accuracy and compliance of data flowing into a new SAP environment. The engineer will work closely with product, data, and compliance teams to enhance backend services and data pipelines. This is a key role that combines elements of data, finance, and engineering in a modern AWS-native environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building and enhancing Java-based backend services supporting financial data flows
- Designing and improving end-to-end data pipelines across multiple product domains
- Ensuring data is correctly structured, validated and compliant before entering core finance systems
- Working closely with product, data and compliance teams (SOX / GDPR considerations)
- Contributing to a modern AWS-native engineering environment
Key Skills:
- Strong Java backend engineering experience
- Experience working with data pipelines, ETL or data processing systems
- Good knowledge of AWS/cloud-native development
- Exposure to regulated environments (finance, banking, payments, SOX, GDPR) is highly beneficial
- Solid understanding of APIs, microservices and system design
- Strong communication skills, able to explain end-to-end data flows clearly
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Software Engineer (Java/AWS)
Manchester (flexible/hybrid) | Initial 6 month contract | £500-550pd inside IR35
We're supporting a major transformation programme within a global business, building out a brand-new engineering team to modernise critical financial data systems. This is a key role sitting between data, finance and engineering, helping ensure data flowing into a new SAP environment is accurate, compliant and fit for purpose.
What you'll be doing
- Building and enhancing Java-based backend services supporting financial data flows
- Designing and improving end-to-end data pipelines across multiple product domains
- Ensuring data is correctly structured, validated and compliant before entering core finance systems
- Working closely with product, data and compliance teams (SOX / GDPR considerations)
- Contributing to a modern AWS-native engineering environment
What we're looking for
- Strong Java backend engineering experience
- Experience working with data pipelines, ETL or data processing systems
- Good knowledge of AWS/cloud-native development
- Exposure to regulated environments (finance, banking, payments, SOX, GDPR) is highly beneficial
- Solid understanding of APIs, microservices and system design
- Strong communication skills, able to explain end-to-end data flows clearly
Nice to have:
- Experience with event-driven architectures/streaming
- Some exposure to DevOps/infrastructure
- Node.js exposure
If you're a backend engineer who enjoys working at the intersection of data, finance and modern cloud engineering, this is a great opportunity to get involved in a high-profile transformation.
