Senior Java Backend Engineer

Role: Senior Java Backend Engineer

Location: Manchester, UK (Hybrid)

Employment type: Contract

Must have - Banking domain experience

JD:

Java (8/11/17+) with strong hands-on experience in enterprise application development.

Microservices Architecture using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and distributed system design.

Apache Kafka for event-driven architecture, messaging, and asynchronous processing.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including deployment, monitoring, and cloud-native services.

Containerisation & Orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

CI/CD & DevOps using Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, and automated deployment pipelines.

Database & Engineering Practices including SQL/NoSQL databases, automated testing, and Agile delivery.