Senior Java Software Engineer - Java 11+, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Akka

Job title : Senior Java Software Engineer - Java 11+, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Akka
Location : Wimbledon
Job type : Permanent
Salary : £100k - 110k per year
Sector : Sell Side
Reference : 20940TL

Senior Java Software Engineer – Java 11+, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Akka, Docker/Kubernetes, Real-time, TDD/BDD, Payments

 

A Senior Java Engineer with a background in finance/payments and experience working on distributed real-time systems is sought after by a global Fintech. This organisation specialises in providing high performance technology solutions to global financial institutions (including several Investment Banks), primarily to augment their payments capabilities.

As a Senior Engineer, you will join the core engineering team working on the development of their real-time payments processing platform, using a primary tech stack of Java 17, Spring Boot and Akka. You will contribute from both a design and coding perspective, taking ownership of delivering new components and features ensuring high availability, resiliency and scalability.

As a Fintech, they are highly Agile, operating in multi-functional delivery squads manging projects from inception through to delivery/go-live and with a heavy focus on Pair Programming and TDD, so are looking for people from similar environments.

 

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

  • A strong background in hands-on Java engineering, currently working with Java 11+
  • Indepth knowledge of microservices architecture and usage of Spring/Spring Boot
  • Experience developing distributed, real-time applications (with Akka AND/OR Kafka) with an appreciation of topics such as Concurrency.
  • An appreciation of containerisation using Docker/Kubernetes and modern DevOps techniques (CI/CD etc.)
  • Any experience with frontend Angular development or AWS cloud is highly beneficial.
  • Industry experience within Financial Services, preferably within the Payments arena.

 

If you are passionate about building real-time software and keen to join a growing fintech, please do apply!