Java Backend Engineer

Backend / Platform Engineer (Java)

I’m working with a leading financial services client looking for
Backend / Platform Engineers
to build and scale
internal platforms, developer tooling, and cloud-native infrastructure
.

This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy
building systems that other engineers use
— improving scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.

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What you’ll be doing

- Building
internal platforms and developer tooling
used across engineering teams
- Designing and developing
scalable backend services
(Java / Spring Boot)
- Improving
developer experience, CI/CD pipelines, and system reliability
- Working on
distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
- Driving
platform standardisation and automation

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Core Tech Stack

- Java (8–21)
+ Spring Boot
- Microservices & distributed systems
- AWS / cloud platforms
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Docker / Kubernetes
- Kafka or event-driven systems (nice to have)

✅
What we’re looking for

- 5+ years of backend or platform engineering experience
- Strong
Java and system design fundamentals
- Experience building
internal tools, platforms, or infrastructure systems
- Exposure to
DevOps, CI/CD, or cloud-native environments
- Engineers who think about
scalability, performance, and developer experience

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Nice to have

- Platform engineering or
DevTools experience
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.)
- Observability (monitoring, logging, tracing)
- Experience in
high-scale environments

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