Java Backend Developer

Location: London, hybrid (typically 2 days a week in the office)

Contract Duration: 6 months

We are hiring Java Developers for a leading global tech company's team in London. This is an opportunity to build and run customer-facing applications used by millions of people, owning services end to end from design through deployment and production support.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain scalable backend services in Java and Spring Boot
• Design and work with microservices and distributed systems
• Take end-to-end ownership of your services, including monitoring, deployment and production support
• Handle live incidents, root cause analysis and postmortems
• Write high-quality production and test code, and refactor with good design patterns
• Work closely with product, engineering and other teams on design and prioritisation

What we're looking for

• 3-5 years of backend development experience
• Strong Java and Spring Boot
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with customer-facing applications
• Production ownership: monitoring, deployments, incident handling
• Good communication skills and a quality-first mindset