Full Stack Developer

Job Title: Full stack developer
Location: Manchester 4 days per week onsite
Salary/Rate: £300 - £345 per day
Start Date: 29th September
Job Type: Contract till end of the year

Company Introduction

A financial client via consultancy is looking for a full stack developer to join their team.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

You will be responsible for designing, building and supporting Java-based Back End services and microservices that are reliable, scalable and maintainable.

1. Develop and maintain Back End services using Java and Spring Boot.

2. Design and implement microservice architectures, including event-driven components and integrations.

3. Implement persistence using Hibernate/JPA and work with both relational and NoSQL databases.

4. Integrate messaging frameworks (eg Kafka) and caching solutions, and troubleshoot, debug and optimise production systems.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

1. 5-8 years' commercial experience as a Java developer with strong core Java skills and Spring/Spring Boot.

2. Proven experience building microservices and using Hibernate/JPA, with hands-on experience of Kafka or equivalent message-brokers.

3. Comfortable with SQL and at least one NoSQL database; strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem-solving ability.

4. Sound understanding of OOP, design patterns, data structures and algorithms; experience producing reusable libraries and clean, testable code; eligible to work in the UK and able to be paid PAYE via an umbrella company.

Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

1. Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.

2. Front End experience with ReactJS or Angular.

3. Familiarity with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/AKS).

4. Experience with RAG/search integration, advanced caching strategies or stream processing.

Benefits & Perks
The company offers standard corporate benefits, including:

1. Competitive day rate and contractor benefits.

2. Standard corporate pension scheme.

3. Annual leave entitlement and bank holidays (pro rata).

4. Training and development opportunities.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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