Location: Burgess Hill, UK (On-site 3 days per week is mandatory) Employment Type: Permanent / FTE
The Role
You will contribute to the full software development lifecycle-from design and debugging to deployment and monitoring. You will be responsible for building world-class applications that meet the needs of high-transaction business and customer-facing environments.
Key Responsibilities
Develop & Scale: Build high-quality software using distributed enterprise frameworks and scale applications based on demand.
Review & Debug: Participate in code and test reviews; identify and remediate code defects.
DevOps Integration: Enable and automate deployments across test, integration, and production environments using CI/CD tools.
Monitoring: Support the monitoring of software health in production using tools like Splunk and Grafana.
Technical Requirements
Core Java: Minimum 5 years of professional experience, specifically with Java 8+ (Java 11 or 17 preferred).
Frameworks: Strong expertise in Spring Boot and Microservices architecture.
Messaging: Proven experience with Kafka and its integrations.
Databases: Proficiency in both SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Couchbase, Cassandra).
Architecture: Experience with Event-driven Microservices and high-availability distributed systems.
Tools: Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Splunk/Kibana, and JUnit.
Nice to Have
Experience with GoLang.
Knowledge of Reactive Programming (e.g., Vert.x).
Testing frameworks like Cucumber (BDD) or JMeter.
Familiarity with Cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Education & Qualifications
University Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience working in an Agile environment.
Relevant technical certifications are a plus.
Note: This position requires a presence in the Burgess Hill office 3 days per week. Please only apply if you are local or able to commit to this travel schedule.
Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
Salary description
£65000.00 - £70000.00 per year