Senior Java Developer – £65K

Company: Alchemy
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Location: Reading
Job Description:

About the job Senior Java Developer – £65K

Our client is recognised internationally for its expertise in the archiving and digital preservation of valuable data across a range of industry sectors including life sciences, heritage and higher education. They are seeking a talented and self‑motivated Senior Java Developer to join an Agile development team based in their Reading offices.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in the design and implementation of cloud-scale software components to meet business requirements within a cross-functional Agile Scrum team.
  • Help guide less experienced team members toward solutions.
  • Ability to clearly evidence experience in building scalable micro‑services.
  • Take responsibility for the continuous smooth operation of the software, helping to troubleshoot issues, refine and enhance existing features and enable upgrading to new versions.
  • Write unit‑tested, documented and peer‑reviewed code.
  • Work with Product Managers and QA to ensure software is high quality and meets requirements.
  • Work with Scrum master and participate and contribute to all Scrum ceremonies. xwzovoh

Skills / Experience

  • Java
  • Spring Framework
  • Junit
  • 5+ years’ experience in a role delivering software solutions to meet business requirements
  • Docker
  • Microservices
  • CI/CD
  • Agile scrum
  • Linux/Unix command line
  • Restful APIs (JAX-RS or Spring MVC)
  • Automated Testing: Selenium, Cucumber and restAssured.
  • Angular UI
  • Apache Kafka, RabbitMq or other JMS experience

Posted: March 1st, 2026