Senior Backend Developer, Java, AWS

Project overview

Senior Backend Developer (Java / AWS)

We're supporting a financial services client looking for a Senior Backend Developer to help deliver and optimise a suite of cloud-native services. This is a hands-on engineering role with significant involvement in solution design, technical direction, and code quality.

What You'll Be Doing

Key Skills & Experience

Reasonable Adjustments:

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• Developing scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Designing and building RESTful APIs and event-driven solutions
• Deploying and maintaining applications within AWS environments
• Contributing to architecture, engineering standards, and best practices
• Supporting CI/CD processes and Infrastructure as Code initiatives
• Participating in code reviews and mentoring other developers
• Strong commercial experience with Java (ideally Java 21+) and Spring Boot
• Proven background building cloud-native applications on AWS
• Experience designing microservices and API-based architectures
• Good understanding of containerisation and cloud deployments
• Exposure to Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
• Financial services experience would be advantageous

Project details

£500-£600 per day (Outside IR35)

London (3 days per month onsite)

Initial 6-month contract

• Start: flexible
• Location: London, hybrid, GB
• Rate: 69-75 EUR/h