Hybrid Senior Java Engineer – Kafka, AWS & Spring Boot

Forward Role is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to join a small team delivering backend services for an existing platform. The role is a 6-month contract, outside IR35, with in-office collaboration 2 days per week in Manchester.

You will build event-driven services on Kafka, deploy to AWS, review code, and work with product and engineering leads to turn requirements into features quickly. Strong Java 17+, Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS and microservices experience are essential.