Java Developer

Location: Laindon, Essex - 4 days per week in the office

Salary/Rate: Up to £613 per day inside IR35

Start Date: November 2026

Job Type: Initial 7-month contract (likely to extend for 12 months)

Company Introduction

Our client is a highly regulated financial services organisation and operates mission-critical platforms that process large volumes of transactions securely and reliably. Technology plays a central role in delivering exceptional customer experiences while maintaining the highest standards of security, resilience, and operational excellence.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Designing and building high-scale backend services using Java
• Developing secure and resilient identity and access management solutions
• Working on systems supporting high-volume transactional workloads in a regulated environment
• Applying Test Driven Development (TDD) throughout the software development lifecycle

Required Skills/Experience

• Strong experience in backend software engineering using Java and Spring Boot
• Pair Programming experience
• Strong IAM (Identity Access Management) - preferably OAuth & Azure
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior software engineers