Java Software Engineer

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The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.
£550-570/day Inside IR-35
6 month contract
Active SC required
Remote with occasional travel to London for client meetings only – expensable
We are looking for experienced fullstack Java Software Engineers to support projects across UK Government and Law Enforcement. You'll work in multidisciplinary teams delivering secure, reliable and scalable systems. The role is hands-on and focused on building high quality software using modern engineering practices.
What you'll do
You'll design, build and maintain Java based microservices, applying test driven development and following established engineering standards. You'll work with technologies including Java, Spring Boot, Postgres, Kafka, Docker, React and AWS. You'll contribute to CI/CD pipelines, ensure non-functional requirements are met and collaborate with colleagues across engineering, analysis and design.
Essential experience
Java and Spring Boot
Building and maintaining microservice based systems
Postgres or other relational SQL databases
Test-driven development (JUnit, Mockito or similar)
Docker and containerisation
CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or similar)
Working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable experience
Kafka
Liquibase or similar migration tooling
Swagger/OpenAPI
Gradle
React
TypeScript

Reasonable Adjustments:
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