Java Developer

Salary: £36,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require candidates to be eligible to obtain SC clearance.
• We are looking for experienced Java Developers with strong commercial experience in Java and Spring Boot.
• We want someone comfortable working in an Agile environment and experienced in developing modern, production-grade software.
• Experience building scalable and resilient distributed systems is highly desirable.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging is highly desirable.
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies is highly desirable.
• Experience with microservices and API development is highly desirable.
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD is highly desirable.
• Experience with production support and troubleshooting is highly desirable.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and application performance is highly desirable.
• Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes is highly desirable.
• Experience working on large-scale digital services is highly desirable.
• Experience within government or public-sector digital programmes would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality Java applications and services.
• Build scalable and resilient microservices using Spring Boot.
• Develop RESTful APIs and integrations with other systems.
• Work with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Develop and maintain cloud-based solutions using AWS.
• Work with MongoDB and NoSQL technologies.
• Write robust automated unit and integration tests.
• Troubleshoot defects and complex technical issues.
• Contribute to the performance, resilience and operational stability of live services.
• Participate throughout the full software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies, code reviews and technical discussions.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Technical Architects and other delivery professionals.
• Contribute to engineering standards, documentation and continuous improvement.
• Support production services and participate in 3rd-line support when required.

Technologies:

• API
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• Support
• Java
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• MongoDB
• NoSQL
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• microservices
• Git
• JUnit
• REST
• Security

More:

We are hiring for a hybrid role with 60% office working, based in Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham. We are delivering a major digital programme that provides large-scale, citizen-facing services, and we offer the opportunity to work with a modern technology stack including Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka and MongoDB. You will join a multidisciplinary Agile engineering environment and contribute to highly scalable, secure and resilient digital services, with the chance to make a genuine impact on software quality, resilience, automation and continuous improvement.

last updated 34 week of 2026