Senior Java Engineer (Azure) - Finance - London Daily rate: €500 - €700 (inside IR35) Duration: 12 months Hybrid: 8 days per month Start: ASAP
A banking client of mine is looking for a Senior Java Engineer with Azure and Kafka experience to join the team on a freelance basis. We are specifically looking for an individual with strong Core Java expertise, as this role primarily involves server-side development. Must be based in the UK and happy to be on site 8 days per month which is mandatory.
Responsibilities
* Working as part of an Agile development team to deliver the migration of the legacy application to a new event-based and service-oriented architecture solution, working in collaboration with the Solution Architect, Technical Lead, Application architects and other stakeholders.
* Lead delivery of a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional requirements.
* Ensuring that the IT solution complies with the Enterprise engineering and architecture standards.
* Ensuring end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by organising walkthroughs of the solution with delivery teams.
* Ensuring that the solution meets guidelines and standards for design and development.
* Undertaking hands‑on development and coaching staff in the new technologies used; the successful candidate will be expected to support the development of more junior colleagues.
Technical Skills
* Strong systems development experience at all stages of systems development covering design, development, testing, live implementation and post implementation support.
* Strong hands‑on Object‑Oriented Design skills.
* Strong core Java programming skills.
* Experience of developing services/micro‑services in Java.
* Experience of developing containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes.
* Hands‑on SpringBoot skills.
* Experience of developing and deploying on Unix or Linux.
* Hands‑on experience of using the Kafka ecosystem.
* Experience of profiling and performance tuning.
* Experience of Behaviour‑Driven and Test‑Driven development principles and skills.
* Experience of Public Cloud development.
Desirable Skills
* Working in an Agile development team.
* Designing and implementing platform independent, database independent event‑driven applications.
* Database design skills in technologies such as Oracle and Splunk.
* DevOps principles, processes and tooling.
* IBM MQ Messaging Standards, for example ISO15022, ISO20022 and JSON.
* Working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments.
Rates depend on experience and client requirements.
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