Senior Full Stack Developer

A UK central government digital service is hiring two senior full stack developers, SFIA 5, remote with occasional travel.

The work spans both halves properly. Java 11 services behind a React and Node front end, built to the GOV.UK pattern, with event-driven messaging between them.

What you will do

• Build and maintain Java 11 services with Spring Boot and Maven
• Work in templating frameworks such as Nunjucks and Freemarker
• Design and deliver microservices and event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ
• Manage and expose APIs through an API gateway, Kong
• Build and maintain CI pipelines in Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins and SonarQube
• Deliver on AWS

What you need

• Java 11 with Spring Boot and Maven
• Microservices and event-driven architecture, with Kafka, ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ
• API gateway experience, ideally Kong
• Templating in Nunjucks or Freemarker
• CI tooling — Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins, SonarQube
• AWS
• UK central government delivery on an engagement of six months or longer

The package

• Inside IR35
• Six months initially
• Remote, with occasional travel to London, Manchester or Newcastle