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Senior Java Software Engineer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

£ 95,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

22-10-2025

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Skills

Java SQL Architecture Autonomy AWS Agile SDLC Spring Hibernate Spring Boot Microservices gRPC

Job Specifications

Senior Java Developer- London/Hybrid- up to £95k

Our client an innovative and light footed fintech startup/scaleup brand are on a mission to revolutionise the credit and lending space. The brand who have now been running for the last 10 years and backed by VC investment are looking to hire a Senior Engineer to work on an exciting Product roadmap over the coming years.

This role is based out of central London on a hybrid approach and looking for people that are willing to come to their office 3 days per week, they may have a bit of flexibility on this and very flexible hours.

Tech Stack:

Java 11 (moving to Java 17)
Relational Databases- SQL and ORM Tech (JPA, Hibernate)
Frameworks- preferably Vaadin or JSF, Wicket, Spring MVC
Spring Boot
AWS
Microservices
ML/ Big Data- desirable
Docker- desirable
messaging- GRPC/Solis- desirable

Responsibilities:

Design and development of low latency software components
Contribute across the entire SDLC
write and enhance well structured, testable, scalable and efficient code
setup and maintain development process tools
Collaborate in agile development process meetings, stand ups, sprint panning, retrospectives and foster collaboration
mentor more junior engineers
collaborate with cross functional teams
champion best practice

Projects:

migration from some monolithic architecture to microservices
migration from java 11 to java 17
migration to new versions of Vaadin
brand new lender platform and payment systems for their customers
Building a white label solution or managed service offering

Cultural fit:

Super collaborative
process light and the Senior Engineers are able to introduce ideas and have autonomy to drive change
looking for self starters, pragmatic engineers that will be accustomed to working in a start up/scale up

This is a brilliant role for someone that wants to play a big part in the growth of a team and a business, where there voice is heard and ideas are shared. The successful Senior Engineer will get the opportunity to work on a trail blazing fintech product with a great bunch of people, with no red tape or bureaucracy.

Salary is up to £95k plus a competitive benefits package which includes 5% matched pension (salary sacrifice), 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, private health care with aviva, income protection, super flexible hours, L&D budget, a modern and state of the art office with lots of socials and an outstanding Engineering Leader who has a history of building high performing teams and growth of individuals.

If this sounds like you then please click apply now!

Senior Java Developer- London/Hybrid- up to £95k

About the Company

Welcome to develop. We are a leading contributor to the software engineering community and a disruptive recruitment business comprised of eight specialised brands: develop .NET, develop Java, develop Python, develop PHP, develop JavaScript, develop DevOps, develop Change, and develop Technology. At develop, we scale the software engineering teams that shape our world. Our commitment to quality is reflected in our three key USPs: 1. Specialised Knowledge: All our Consultants learn to code in the language they recruit fo... Know more