Senior Java Software Engineer

Hybrid

Manchester, United kingdom

Freelance

24-04-2025

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Job Specifications

Senior Software Engineer – Contract
Manchester (Flexible Onsite/Remote)
6-Month Contract
£675/day (Inside IR35)

About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a pivotal migration project — moving critical services between Kubernetes environments in a cloud-native, DevOps-driven landscape. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a high-impact engineering transformation. You’ll combine core software engineering skills with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to deliver automation, observability, and resilience across our systems.

What You’ll Do
Lead migration efforts for services running in Kubernetes, ensuring smooth rollouts with zero-downtime strategies.
Design and build scalable, reliable software, optimized for performance in cloud-native environments (AWS + Kubernetes).
Automate processes to reduce toil and accelerate delivery using Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD best practices.
Implement observability through enhanced logging, metrics, and alerts to maintain service health throughout migration.
Troubleshoot complex systems and lead incident response, root cause analysis, and iterative improvements.
Collaborate across teams, sharing expertise and mentoring peers in Kubernetes, SRE, and scalable architecture.

Must-Have Experience
Strong commercial experience with Java
Proven hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and AWS
Background in site reliability engineering, automation, or large-scale migrations
Deep understanding of Agile DevOps environments
Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Why This Role? This is a rare opportunity to join a global tech leader, lead a high-impact launch, and work on a product with visibility at the highest levels of the business. You’ll step into a pivotal role with autonomy, support, and the chance to shape a product millions will use.

Interested?
Apply now or message us directly if you're ready to jump in and help steer this exciting product over the finish line—and beyond.

About the Company

Brookwood Recruitment is a talent solution recruitment agency to a global client base. Specialising in Transformation and Change. Providing recruitment solutions across all sectors, delivering both full project teams as well as individual hires in perm and contract roles. We work with some of the biggest and most recognisable companies and have successfully helped our clients deliver change programs across IT, business operations, digital, tech and HR Whatever you are trying to achieve through digital transformation w... Know more