Senior Java Engineer

Senior Java Engineer

London – Canary Wharf

FTC – 9 Months (starting in September)

Up to 70K

We’re working exclusively with a well-established financial services organisation that is looking to add an experienced Senior Software Engineer to their payment project.

This is a great opportunity to join a business operating within a highly regulated, technology-driven environment, working on highly critical systems that underpin financial services and transaction processing within a regulated environment.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable APIs, cloud-native microservices and backend services.
• Developing distributed and event-driven systems, using messaging and asynchronous processing.
• Helping shape technical and architectural decisions, balancing long-term improvements with immediate delivery needs.
• Supporting live production systems, troubleshooting issues and helping to improve reliability and operational resilience.
• Collaborating with engineers, architects, product teams and business stakeholders to deliver effective technical solutions.
• Mentoring and supporting other engineers, encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous development.

What We’re Looking For:

• 4-5 years hands-on experience working with Java and/or Kotlin
• Commercial experience with AWS (preferred), Azure or GCP.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices and development automation.
• Strong understanding of software testing (unit, integration, component, end-to-end and performance testing).
• Strong understanding of backend development, RESTful APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience across the JVM ecosystem and comfortable working with live production systems.

This is a Fixed Term Contact lasting 9 months starting from September -Please note only candidates who are available immediately will be reviewed.