Senior Java Software Engineer - Java 11+, Spring Boot

Senior Java Software Engineer - Java 11+, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Akka, Docker/Kubernetes, Real Time, TDD/BDD, Payments - London

A Senior Java Engineer with a background in finance/payments and experience working on distributed Real Time systems is sought after by a global Fintech. This organisation specialises in providing high performance technology solutions to global financial institutions (including several Investment Banks), primarily to augment their payments capabilities.

As a Senior Engineer, you will join the core engineering team working on the development of their Real Time payments processing platform, using a primary tech stack of Java 17, Spring Boot and Akka. You will contribute from both a design and coding perspective, taking ownership of delivering new components and features ensuring high availability, resiliency and scalability.

As a Fintech, they are highly Agile, operating in multi-functional delivery squads managing projects from inception through to delivery/go-live and with a heavy focus on Pair Programming and TDD, so are looking for people from similar environments.

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• A strong background in hands-on Java engineering, currently working with Java 11+
• Indepth knowledge of microservices architecture and usage of Spring/Spring Boot
• Experience developing distributed, Real Time applications (with Akka AND/OR Kafka) with an appreciation of topics such as Concurrency and Multithreading.
• Experience of Reactive Programming Techniques in conjunction with asynchronous event processing and data streams, with tools such as Spring Webflux, RxJava, Akka etc.
• Any experience with Front End Angular development or AWS cloud is highly beneficial.
• Industry experience within Financial Services, preferably within the Payments arena

If you are passionate about building Real Time software and keen to join a growing fintech, please do apply!

Please note this role will require 2 days in office per week in South- West London