Senior Java Developer | Travel-tech Senior Java Developer | £300-400/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote within Europe A fast-growing travel-tech organisation is embarking on a major product evolution and is looking for an experienced Senior Java Developer to join their team. This is a key engineering role working on high-traffic, consumer-facing systems used across Europe. What You’ll Work On Lead the evolution of a large-scale Java, Springboot, and MySQL, ensuring it can support a new universal architecture across multiple products. Design and implement new backend features, Unit Testing, API testing, and system improvements to support both web and mobile clients. Contribute to shared architecture, functional models, and backend design patterns to unify services across the organisation. Required Skills & Experience Senior-level expertise building and maintaining commercial, production-scale applications. Deep proficiency in: Java Springboot (server-side development, API design) MySQL (performance optimisation, complex queries, relational modelling) Experience architecting and maintaining distributed backend systems. Strong understanding of integration patterns, API design, and scalable service architecture. Nice To Have Node.js, PHP, MongoDB, Kafka, React (for back office apps) Contract Details 6-month contract — extension highly likely due to roadmap depth Outside IR35 Fully remote within Europe Apply now by sending your CV to alfie@virtuetech.io or by replying directly to this advert. Senior Java Developer | Travel-tech Senior Java Developer | £300-400/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote within Europe