Areti Group | B Corp™
Java Developer Contract
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Java Developer – Public Sector (Contract) | SC Cleared
Rate: £400/day Inside IR35
Location: Remote with occasional travel to Newcastle / other UK sites
Duration: 1.5 months initially, starting 10 August — strong likelihood of a 3-month extension
Clearance: SC eligible
About the Role
We're looking for a Java Developer to join a project delivering for a major UK government department. You'll be building and testing Kubernetes-hosted Java microservices — including Email Ingestion, Data Fetching, and Data Matching — integrated via message queues and AWS EventBridge, backed by a custom relational schema. You'll also support the team's prompt engineer on AI integration work, alongside code reviews and unit/integration testing.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Designing, building, and testing Java microservices deployed on Kubernetes (EKS)
- Working with message-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, SQS, EventBridge)
- Supporting integration of AI/prompt engineering components
- Conducting code reviews and writing unit/integration tests
- Collaborating within an agile delivery team on a public sector project
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Skills & Experience
- Java 17, Spring Boot 3/4
- JUnit, Mockito
- AWS: EKS, S3, Aurora/RDS, SQS, EventBridge, ECR, API Gateway
- RabbitMQ
- MySQL, Liquibase
- GitLab CI/CD
- Docker, Helm
- Keycloak
Requirements
- Must be SC cleared or SC eligible and willing to undergo clearance (Active SC preferred)
- Available to start 10 August
Interested? Get in touch to find out more or apply directly.
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