Salary: £? - ? per year Requirements:

Strong commercial experience with Java 8+
Experience building cloud-based microservices
Strong knowledge of Spring Boot
Strong knowledge of Maven
Strong knowledge of Guice
Strong knowledge of JUnit
Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL
Experience using Git-based source control tools such as Bitbucket or Git
Agile/Scrum delivery experience
AWS cloud services desirable
Kubernetes desirable
Helm desirable
Jenkins desirable
CI/CD pipelines and build automation desirable
Experience supporting applications through to production environments desirable

Responsibilities:

Design, develop and maintain Java-based microservices
Write clean, scalable and well-tested code
Perform unit testing and support integration testing activities
Conduct and approve peer code reviews
Manage code promotion through multiple environments into production
Support CI/CD best practices and release processes
Mentor and develop junior team members
Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Architects and Scrum team members

Technologies:

AWS
BitBucket
CI/CD
Cloud
Git
Helm
Support
JUnit
Java
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Maven
PostgreSQL
Spring
Spring Boot
microservices
Security

More:

We are offering a 14-month contract inside IR35/Umbrella at a rate of £280-£500 per day. We are looking for an experienced Java Developer to join a high-profile cloud transformation programme, working within a Scrum team responsible for developing and supporting services across a large-scale AWS-hosted microservices architecture. This role is based in London, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow, with 2-3 days on site per week. Existing SC or CTC is preferred, and SC eligibility is required. This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, enterprise-level systems and contribute across the full software development lifecycle in a modern cloud environment.

last updated 42 week of 2026

Java Developer | AWS Microservices SC Cleared

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