Senior Java Software Engineer

We’re hiring experienced Java Engineers for a major technology programme with one of the UK’s leading broadcast and media organisations. You’ll join a high-performing engineering team building and scaling event-driven, cloud-native services, working with modern technologies including Java, Kafka, Kubernetes and Docker.

The role

You’ll be hands-on across the full development lifecycle, designing, building and testing scalable microservices that support high-volume, business-critical platforms.

Alongside development, you’ll work closely with other engineers on technical design and best practice, contribute to engineering standards, and have the opportunity to mentor more junior members of the team.

Duration: Initial 6 months

Location: London – Hybrid

What we're looking for

Strong commercial experience with:

• Java and modern backend development
• Kafka – commercial experience is essential
• Microservices and event-driven architecture
• RESTful APIs
• TDD / BDD and automated testing
• Jenkins, Maven and/or Gradle
• Agile engineering environments such as Scrum or XP

Experience with MQTT / IoT, pair programming and designing highly scalable distributed systems would be particularly useful.

Interviews are already underway and the team is looking to move quickly.

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