Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year Requirements: Minimum 5 years of professional Java experience, specifically with Java 8; Java 11 or 17 is preferred Strong expertise in Spring Boot and microservices architecture Proven experience with Kafka and its integrations Proficiency in SQL databases such as Oracle and PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases such as Couchbase and Cassandra Experience with event-driven microservices and high-availability distributed systems Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Splunk/Kibana, and JUnit Experience working in an Agile environment University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience Relevant technical certifications are a plus Nice to have: experience with GoLang, reactive programming such as Vert.x, Cucumber (BDD) or JMeter, cloud computing, and infrastructure-as-code Responsibilities: Build high-quality software using distributed enterprise frameworks and scale applications based on demand Participate in code and test reviews and identify and remediate code defects Enable and automate deployments across test, integration, and production environments using CI/CD tools Support monitoring of software health in production using tools like Splunk and Grafana Contribute to the full software development lifecycle from design and debugging to deployment and monitoring Build world-class applications for high-transaction business and customer-facing environments Technologies: Backend CI/CD Cloud Cassandra Cucumber Git Golang Grafana Support JUnit Java Jenkins JMeter Kafka Kibana NoSQL Oracle PostgreSQL SQL Splunk Spring Spring Boot microservices DevOps More: We are seeking a talented Java Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team in Burgess Hill, UK. This is a permanent full-time role, and we require onsite presence in our Burgess Hill office three days per week. We work within a distributed enterprise environment focused on high-performance, scalable software for demanding business and customer-facing use cases. We are a specialist recruitment business for the IT and Engineering industries, and we will only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position. last updated 24 week of 2026