IBM
Full Stack Developer (Java)
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Full Stack Developer (Java)
Introduction
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.
You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.
We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.
We Offer
Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.
Your Role And Responsibilities
We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to build modern, cloud‑native applications using the latest front‑end frameworks, scalable microservices, and hyperscaler cloud services. You will work across the entire technology stack designing intuitive user interfaces, implementing resilient backend microservices, developing event‑driven components, and deploying solutions using cloud‑native CI/CD pipelines.
You will work with technologies such as React or Angular, Java/Spring Boot, .NET Core, Node.js, Python, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, serverless functions, and event streams. You may build solutions on AWS services like Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, and CloudFront, or Azure services like AKS, App Services, APIM, Event Grid, Cosmos DB, and Azure Functions.
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This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, working in Agile teams, and building end‑to‑end cloud‑native products using modern tools and frameworks. Whether you are delivering features, guiding technical decisions, or owning key services, you will play a key part in building high‑performance, scalable, and secure applications.
If you want to work with next‑generation cloud‑native architectures and full‑stack engineering, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Develop full‑stack cloud‑native applications using microservices, APIs, and modern UI frameworks. Build front‑end applications using React or Angular (SPA or microfrontends). Develop scalable back‑end services following 12‑factor principles and event‑driven patterns through Domain-Driven Design (DDD). Design Relational SQL and NoSQL data models for cloud‑hosted applications. Build applications using languages such as Java, .NET, Node.js, or Python. Deploy and manage containerised or serverless workloads using AWS or Azure cloud services. Work with event‑driven tools such as Kafka and cloud messaging services. Apply cloud‑native CI/CD, DevSecOps practices, and Test‑Driven Development. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and support high‑quality delivery across the stack. Depending on experience, guide other developers or lead technical components
Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
Front-End
SPA and microfrontends Responsive Design React or Angular
Back-End
Microservices design (12‑factor, domain‑bounded) Common Design Patterns REST and event‑driven APIs SQL and NoSQL modelling
Programming Languages / Runtimes
Java (8+), GraalVM .NET / .NET Core JavaScript Node.js Python (Proficiency in at least one)
Frameworks
Spring Boot (must have) Quarkus Express.js Django
Cloud (AWS and/or Azure)
Compute & PaaS: AWS: EKS, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, ROSA Azure: AKS, Azure VMs, ACR, App Services, Functions, Service Fabric Routing / API AWS: API Gateway, ALB/NLB, Route 53 Azure: APIM Databases AWS: Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB Azure: SQL DB, Cosmos DB, Redis Event-driven services AWS: SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Dynamo Streams, MSKafka Azure: Service Bus, Event Grid, Logic Apps Storage AWS S3 Azure Blob Storage Observability AWS CloudWatch, X‑Ray, EventBridge Azure Monitor, App Insights Networking AWS VPC, EC2 Azure VNet Event‑Driven
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DevSecOps / CI/CD
AWS: CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CodeCommit, SAM, CloudFormation Azure: Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, PowerShell scripting Source Control: GitHub Security: IAM, Cognito, KMS, Secrets Manager Git-based workflows (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
Engineering Practices
Test‑Driven Development Cloud‑native CI/CD tooling Agile delivery Containerisation (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes) Serverless architectures Microservices‑oriented design
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).
Desirable Certifications
Preferred technical and professional experience
AWS Certified Developer – Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Google Professional Cloud Developer Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ‑204) Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certified Kubernetes Application Developer Certified Kubernetes Administrator Meta Full Stack Developer Professional Certificate IBM Full Stack Software Developer Professional Certificate Oracle Java SE Programmer Node.js Application Developer Certification MongoDB Developer Certification Red Hat Certified Engineer CompTIA Cloud+ CompTIA Security+
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