Java 11 Engineer West Sussex Hybrid

A leading IT Consultancy is seeking a Java 11 Engineer on a contract basis to work for a leading Financial Services client.

You will be required to work onsite at the clients office in West Sussex 3 times per week. Please DO NOT apply unless you can commit to this.

The Java 11 Engineer must have the following skills/experience:

• Hands on Java application design, software development and automated testing (Java 11 and higher).
• Intermediate knowledge of basic infrastructure technologies and components.
• Familiarity with application containers based on spring, Vert.X or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Cloud services including DevOps concepts and CI/CD tools.
• Experience with Event-driven/Micro-services architecture for high-availability/distributed systems.
• Experience using Spring Framework, Junit, GitHub, Microservices, Splunk and API’s.
• Experience with Test driven development and unit testing frameworks.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git) and build toolings Maven or Gradle.

A Java Engineer is responsible for:

• Designing and developing software applications using Java
• Writing, testing, and maintaining clean, efficient code
• Building backend services, APIs, and microservices
• Integrating applications with databases and external systems
• Troubleshooting bugs and optimizing application performance
• Participating in code reviews, testing, and deployment activities
• Collaborating with business analysts, QA teams, architects, and other developers
• Ensuring applications are scalable, secure, and reliable

Typical Technologies Used

• Java (8/11/17/21)
• Spring Boot, Spring Framework
• Microservices Architecture
• REST APIs
• Kafka
• SQL/NoSQL Databases
• AWS/Azure Cloud
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Git, Maven, CI/CD Tools