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Job Title: Mid-Level Java Developer – Java / Kafka / Full Stack
Location: London UK
Experience: Min 5+ Years of Professional experience across JAVA Full Stack Engineering space.
Work type: Hybrid, 3 days/Week, Onsite is mandatory.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Mid-Level Java Developer with strong hands-on experience across Java, Kafka and full-stack development.
The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in Java backend development, experience building REST APIs and microservices, and practical exposure to Kafka/event-driven architecture. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate their technical capability through strong, substantial projects rather than relying solely on years of commercial experience.
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This is an opportunity for a technically strong developer to work on modern distributed applications and contribute across both backend and full-stack development.
Must-Have Skills
- Java – strong hands-on development experience
- Apache Kafka – practical experience with event-driven / asynchronous systems
- Full-Stack Development – backend plus frontend development experience
- Spring Boot / Spring Framework
- RESTful APIs
- Microservices architecture
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle
- Git and modern software development practices
- Good understanding of software design and development principles
- At least one strong technical project demonstrating real development capability
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Desirable
- Docker / containerisation
- CI/CD
- Kubernetes
- Spring Data JPA / Hibernate
- Kafka producers and consumers
- Event-driven architecture
- Distributed systems
- Multithreading / concurrency
- Automated testing – JUnit / Mockito
- Cloud exposure – AWS, Azure or GCP
- TypeScript / Object Oriented JavaScript
- React, Angular or similar frontend framework
Strong candidates should ideally be able to demonstrate:
Java → Spring Boot → REST APIs → Microservices → Kafka → Database → Full Stack
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