Senior Java Engineer (kafka

Senior Java Engineer (Kafka, Kubernetes, SpringBoot) – Banking – London/Hybrid Daily rate: 600 – 700 (inside IR35) Duration: 12 months Start: ASAP My client is looking for a Senior Java Engineer to join a contract basis. They need someone with strong core Java expertise as

the role primarily involves server-side deployment. 8 days on site per month. The successful candidate will have demonstrable solutions design and development

skills and

experience alongside validated strong systems development

experience at all stages of the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities &

Duties Working as part of an Agile development team to deliver the migration of the legacy application to new event-based and service-oriented architecture solution, working in collaboration with the Solution Architect, Technical Lead, Application architects and other stakeholders. Lead delivery of a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional

requirements . Ensuring that the IT solution complies with the Enterprise engineering and architecture standards. Ensuring end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by, for instance, organising walkthroughs of the solution with delivery teams. Ensuring that the solution meets guidelines and standards for design and development. Undertaking hands-on development and coaching staff in the new technologies used; The successful candidate will be expected to support the development of more junior colleagues Technical

Skills : Strong systems development

experience at all stages of systems development covering design, development, testing, live implementation and post implementation support. Strong hands-on Object-Oriented Design

skills Strong core Java programming

skills

Experience of developing services/micro-services in Java

Experience of developing containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes Hands-on SpringBoot

skills

Experience of developing and deploying on Unix or Linux Hands-on

experience of using the Kafka ecosystem

Experience of profiling and performance tuning

Experience of Behaviour-Driven and Test-Driven development principles and

skills

Experience of Public Cloud development Soft

Skills : Have the ability to motivate those you mentor, coach & lead Be a stand-out colleague and role model, willing to participate in peer reviews and to be reviewed by peers Be reliable, self-motivated and able to work without close management and supervision Possess inspiring communication and presentation

skills to present proposals both orally and in writing Have the demonstrable ability to complete work within agreed timescales and identify problems and provide the most suitable solution(s) Desirable

Skills : The following are not essential but would be a plus if the candidate can demonstrate any

experience of: Working in an Agile development team Designing and implementing platform independent, database independent event driven applications Database design

skills in technologies such as Oracle Splunk DevOps principles, processes and tooling IBM MQ Messaging Standards, for example ISO 15022, ISO 20022 and JSON Working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments *Rates depend on

experience and client

requirements