Hi,
Java Backend Developer
6 months Contract
Edinburgh, UK (Hybrid)
Job Description:
Mandatory Skills & Experience
• Java 17: Functional programming features, records, sealed classes, performance considerations.
• Spring Boot: Auto-configuration, profiles, Spring Data/JPA, WebFlux (nice), validation, actuator.
• SQL & RDBMS: Schema design, indexes, query optimization, transactions, isolation levels.
• Apache Kafka: Topic design, partitioning strategy, consumer groups, offsets, retries/DLQ, schema registry/Avro/Protobuf.
• 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 awareness.
• Software Engineering Fundamentals: DDD concepts, SOLID, testing (unit/integration), performance profiling, and security basics (OAuth2/JWT, OWASP Top 10).
Non-Mandatory (Nice-to-Have)
• MongoDB (schema design, indexes, aggregation).
• Messaging systems: RabbitMQ, GCP Pub/Sub, or SQS/SNS.
• Caching & Performance: Redis, Hazelcast; rate limiting; API gateways (Kong/Apigee).
• Observability: Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing.
• Build & Infra: Maven/Gradle tuning, Helm charts, Terraform, Argo CD.
• Testing: Testcontainers, WireMock/MockServer, contract testing (Pact), chaos testing basics.
• Security: mTLS, secrets rotation, vulnerability scanning (Snyk/Trivy), supply chain security.
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- Posted
- Mar 26, 2026
- Type
- Contract
- Level
- Mid-Senior
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Company
- Infoplus Technologies UK Limited
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