Senior Java Software Engineer

Senior Core Java Engineer - Hybrid - London, England - Salary £115,000 + Benefits!

Overview:

My client is looking for a Senior Core Java Software Engineer to join their dynamic team based in London between 2-3 days a week with a heavy focus on Core Java programming, Kafka, Kubernetes and more. Your team will be working on Low-latency, real-time data systems so prior experience in this is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to all stages of the product lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing, integration, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
• Engage in mentoring, both providing and receiving feedback, to encourage mutual growth and team development.
• Approach product and customer challenges with curiosity, aiming to fully understand the solutions we offer.
• Collaborate with team members to create innovative, customer-focused solutions.
• Assist in team responsibilities to ensure consistent, reliable service for our customers.
• Promote a culture of quality and testing by offering guidance and support to less experienced team members in these areas.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience as a backend Core Java developer with complex, distributed systems.
• Proficient in core Java, data structures, concurrency, and building applications from scratch (not relying on frameworks like Spring).
• Experienced in event-driven systems using Kafka and stream processing at scale (Flink, Kafka Streams, Spark).
• Strong knowledge of deploying applications on Kubernetes and troubleshooting issues.
• Ability to design and optimize high-performance, scalable systems.
• Expertise in data consistency, availability, and managing complex data models.
• Focused on delivering value through quality software and problem-solving.
• Experience tuning JVM performance, including garbage collection and heap dumps.
• Familiar with using monitoring/observability tools to ensure application stability

This is your chance to work on innovative solutions in a collaborative, high-performance team. If you're passionate about building scalable systems and growing in a dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your career!

Senior Core Java Engineer - Hybrid - London, England - Salary £115,000 + Benefits!