JavaTechnicalArchitectContract Location: Bradford-Hybrid(3dayson-site) Startdate: ASAP(August/beginningofSeptember) Contract: 6Monthsinitially Rate: £550/dayinsideir35 Wereseekinganexperienced JavaTechnicalArchitect toleadthedesignanddevelopmentof scalable,high-performancebackendapplications .Youllplayapivotalroleindefiningtechnicalstrategy,drivingarchitecturaldecisions,andcollaboratingwithseniorstakeholderstodeliverrobust,future-readysolutions. KeyResponsibilities: Architectanddesign scalable,securebackendsystems usingJavaandrelatedframeworks. Defineandenforce codingstandards andbestpracticesfordevelopmentteams. Lead technicaldiscussions,mentoring,andcodereviews. Collaboratewithseniorstakeholdersto translatecomplexbusinessneedsintotechnicalsolutions. Designandimplement n-tier,microservices,andevent-drivenarchitectures (on-prem&AWS). Leverage AWSservices (Lambda,APIGateway,StepFunctions,Aurora,DynamoDB,ECS,etc.)forlarge-scale,high-throughputapplications. Ensure adherencetoarchitecturalprinciples ,Agilemethodologies,andbestpractices. Guideteamsin technologyselection andmaintainsystem reliability,security,andperformance. EssentialSkills&Experience: 10yearsinsoftwaredevelopment, 6yearsinJava/AWSmicroservicesarchitecture. Strongknowledgeof RESTfulAPIs, OOPprinciples ,and designpatterns. Hands-onwith AWS&GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, Terraform and CI/CDpipelines. Proficientwith relational&NoSQLdatabases (PostgreSQL,DynamoDB). Strong problem-solving,debugging,andstakeholdermanagement skills. Desirable: Experiencewith asynchronousprogramming and messagebrokers (SQS/SNS). Cloudcertifications (AWS/AzureArchitect,TOGAF). Familiaritywith integrationpatterns. Proficiencywith JavaJDK17/21 anddeepunderstandingof systemdevelopmentlifecycle. TechStackIncludes: Java/J2EE,Python,SpringBoot,Micronaut,Dropwizard,GraphQL,Event-DrivenArchitecture,TOGAF9,AWS(EC2,ECS,Lambda,Fargate,RDS,StepFunctions),GCP,Kubernetes/Docker,Terraform,CI/CD,APIGateway,Loggly,Datadog. ThisisanexcitingopportunitytojoinasuccessfulglobalconsultancyonaprojectwithamajorUKretailer. Ifyouhavetherelevantskillsandexperience,pleaseapplypromptlyandwewillbeintouchtodiscussyourapplicationfurther. Pleasenotethatduetothevolumeofapplicationswereceive,itisnotpossibletoprovidefeedbackonallapplicationssoifyouhavenotheardfromuswithin2weeksthenunfortunatelyyouhavebeenunsuccessfulonthisoccasion.