Contract Software Engineer (Java / Kotlin)

Company: Ventula Consulting
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Senior Software Engineer, with strong Java / Kotlin skills and Kakfa, is required by a leading ecommerce company based in Manchester.

This is a hands-on senior contract role. You’ll own complex integration flows, define how a new team works, and put proper engineering foundations in place

What you’ll be doing

  • Designing and building backend services and APIs in Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot or similar), on Kubernetes with CI/CD
  • Owning end-to-end connectivity flows
  • Building reusable connectors and tooling to make onboarding cheaper and faster
  • Leading design discussions, writing clear design docs, and reviewing code across the team

Required skills and experience

  • Strong Senior software engineer experience
  • Excellent skills with Java and /or Kotlin
  • Cloud-native development (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD; AWS or similar)

This is a contract role offering a daily rate between £650 – £720 per day (Inside IR35) for an initial 6 months with potential to extend

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Posted: June 14th, 2026