How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Lead Java Developer
HCL is a $11 billion leading global technology enterprise consisting of over 200,000 professionals operating from 52 countries. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. For more on HCL, please visit www.hcl.com
Job Role
Job Title: Senior Java Backend Develop erExperience: 15+ Yea rsWork Location: Leeds, UKEmployment Type: Full-time and 6 Months Contra ctNo. of position is 5Hybrid- 2 days onsite and 3 days remo
te Job Descripti
on: Mandatory Skills & Experi
ence Java 17: Functional programming features, records, sealed classes, performance considerat ions.Spring Boot: Auto-configuration, profiles, Spring Data/JPA, WebFlux (nice), validation, actu ator.SQL & RDBMS: Schema design, indexes, query optimization, transactions, isolation le vels.GCP: Familiarity with Cloud Run or GKE, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Secret Manager, IAM, VPC; cost/perf trade- offs.DevOps Tooling: Git, CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab), Docker; Kubernetes fundamentals; IaC aware ness.Software Engineering Fundamentals: DDD concepts, SOLID, testing (unit/integration), performance profiling, and security basics (OAuth2/JWT, OWASP Top
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
10). Non-Mandatory (Nice-to
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
-Have) MongoDB (schema design, indexes, aggreg ation).Messaging systems: RabbitMQ, GCP Pub/Sub, or S QS/SNS.Caching & Performance: Redis, Hazelcast; rate limiting; API gateways (Kong/A pigee).Observability: Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry, distributed t racing.Build & Infra: Maven/Gradle tuning, Helm charts, Terraform, A rgo CD.Testing: Testcontainers, WireMock/MockServer, contract testing (Pact), chaos testing basics.Security: mTLS, secrets rotation, vulnerability scanning (Snyk/Trivy), supply chain se
curity.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location