IT & Software

Java Developer Spring Boot AWS API

Client Server

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will build and maintain the backend for a financial tech-for-good platform, focusing on integrations with internal and external systems using AWS and Kafka. You will contribute to a data-centric Operational Data Store and help shape architecture and code quality through design ownership, testing, and AI-assisted development. You’ll implement infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring while collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into working software. This is a hands-on, impact-driven role in a scaling tech business with hybrid London-working options.

Pay / Benefits
  • Pension
  • Private healthcare
  • Life Assurance
  • Income Protection
  • Tax free childcare
Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain integrations between internal platforms and third-party systems using AWS services (ECS Fargate, SQS, MSK, S3, IAM)
  • Contribute to the Operational Data Store built with Debezium, Java, Spring Boot, and Aurora Serverless v2
  • Own features from design through release with production-grade code and automated tests
  • Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines using Git and GitHub Actions
  • Support monitoring and data quality using Dynatrace
  • Engage in AI-assisted development and share techniques to promote AI adoption
  • Collaborate with Technology and Operations stakeholders to translate requirements into software
  • Participate in code reviews and identify opportunities to improve the integration platform
Key requirements
  • Strong Java, Spring Boot backend development experience
  • Good understanding of cloud architecture, AWS
  • Experience with data-centric systems and data synchronization
  • Experience building APIs and working on integrations
  • Experience with Kafka or similar data/messaging tools
  • Familiar with IaC, Terraform, GitHub Actions
  • Understanding of scalable, event-driven systems
  • Collaborative with excellent communication skills
  • collaborative
  • excellent communication
  • proactive problem solving
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • AWS (ECS Fargate, SQS, MSK, S3, IAM)

Reference: WJ-747_31173598 · Posted 01 Nov 2026

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