Insight Global is seeking a mid-level Java Developer for one of their premier financial services clients in Birmingham, UK. As a Java Developer on this team, you will play a crucial role in a strategic project involving the evaluation, migration, and potential decommissioning of approximately 60 existing services inherited from a separate division. These services need to be assessed to determine whether they should be maintained, enhanced, rebuilt, or retired.
Your primary focus will be investigating and understanding the flow of services—particularly from the deposit side—collaborating with tech counterparts to design migration or sunset plans, and then implementing those plans. You will work hands-on with existing codebases, enhancing and updating as needed, rather than building applications from scratch or doing heavy architectural work.
Success in this role requires strong ownership of tasks, excellent communication skills, and the ability to follow through on end-to-end service responsibilities. You will also work closely with stakeholders to identify application usage, engage in light production support (such as reviewing and investigating logs), and coordinate with both technical and business teams.
Must Haves:
Hands-on experience in Java development
Strong experience with:
* Reading/writing from Kafka in Java
* Microservices architecture using Spring Framework
Familiarity with log investigation and production support tasks
Ability to read, write, and enhance existing codebases
Soft skills: clear communication, teamwork, proactive task ownership
Experience working in end-to-end development lifecycle
Comfortable collaborating with other teams and driving deliverables to completion
Plusses:
MongoDB (especially integrating services with MongoDB)
Experience with cloud platforms, especially AWS
Experience interacting with AWS services within Java applications
Background or exposure to service demise and platform migration strategies