Job title: Java Developer
Type: Full-time, Contract (Outside IR35)
Location: UK with flexible options for home-based, office-based, or hybrid working.
Start date: ASAP (interviews likely next week)
What you’ll be working on
You’ll be embedded in an established delivery team, helping expand and strengthen an existing project for a client in the financial services / real estate sector.
Your focus will be on building and integrating agent-based systems into the client’s wider technical ecosystem, ensuring they can interact reliably with business systems and data platforms.
Responsibilities:
• Designing and building services using Java and Spring
• Developing integration layers across business-critical platforms
• Working with Kafka for event-driven architecture and messaging
• Building and consuming REST APIs
• Supporting database-backed services with performance and scalability in mind
Required experience:
• Java & Spring
• Databases
• Kafka
• REST APIs
Who are hedgehog lab?
hedgehog lab is a digital product consultancy with 20 years of experience. Based in Northern England, we help global brands craft better digital experiences through technical excellence and human-first collaboration.
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