Maxwell Bond
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Java Engineer
London – Canary Wharf
FTC – 9 Months (starting in September)
Up to 70K
We’re working exclusively with a well-established financial services organisation that is looking to add an experienced Senior Software Engineer to their payment project.
This is a great opportunity to join a business operating within a highly regulated, technology-driven environment, working on highly critical systems that underpin financial services and transaction processing within a regulated environment.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Designing, building and maintaining scalable APIs, cloud-native microservices and backend services.
- Developing distributed and event-driven systems, using messaging and asynchronous processing.
- Helping shape technical and architectural decisions, balancing long-term improvements with immediate delivery needs.
- Supporting live production systems, troubleshooting issues and helping to improve reliability and operational resilience.
- Collaborating with engineers, architects, product teams and business stakeholders to deliver effective technical solutions.
- Mentoring and supporting other engineers, encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous development.
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What We’re Looking For:
- 4-5 years hands-on experience working with Java and/or Kotlin
- Commercial experience with AWS (preferred), Azure or GCP.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices and development automation.
- Strong understanding of software testing (unit, integration, component, end-to-end and performance testing).
- Strong understanding of backend development, RESTful APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
- Experience across the JVM ecosystem and comfortable working with live production systems.
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This is a Fixed Term Contract lasting 9 months starting from September - Please note only candidates who are available immediately will be reviewed.
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