Senior Java Developer

Senior Java Developer

£70,000 - £80,000

Hybrid - Shropshire (3 days on-site per week)

Eligibility for SC Clearance required

About:

Join one of the UK's leading consultancies on a major, long-term digital transformation programme for a large government department. You'll play a critical role in modernising national services used by millions. You'll join a large team, working on a variety of evolving assignments across multiple workstreams.

Projects range from modernising legacy platforms to developing brand new, cloud-native solutions. Engineers in this team are rotated based on project demand, with regular extensions and reassignments - making this an ideal environment for curious, adaptable developers.

Please note that you MUST be eligible for SC clearance and be able and willing to be onsite in Shropshire 3 days per week.

Your Role:

Build scalable microservices using Java and Spring / Spring Boot.

Deliver clean, maintainable code through TDD, BDD, and pair programming

Design and maintain RESTful APIs and asynchronous services

Contribute to the full DevOps lifecycle - development, deployment, and monitoring

Collaborate in Agile teams with designers, analysts, and infrastructure specialists

Influence architectural decisions and support continuous delivery pipelines

Your Experience:

Strong experience with Java (ranging from legacy versions to modern stacks)

Comfortable working across both legacy systems and greenfield projects

Experience with microservices, TDD, unit testing, and CI/CD

Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like AWS or Azure

Exposure to SQL/NoSQL databases

Leadership Experience:

Has run more than one team as a tech lead, being involved with technical discussion and capable of standing up at a community event and conference on a topic.

Influence over 3 / 4 scrum teams of 4 / 5 engineers each. Developing

Involved with design decisions, contributing to commercials, responding to bid requests.

Why Join:

Be part of a highly collaborative, inclusive team culture

Enjoy continuous learning - take up to 5 paid days per year for training, with access to Pluralsight, and support for certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect)

Private healthcare

Flexible benefit scheme

25 days holiday (with the ability to buy/sell up to 5 more)

Please note that you MUST be eligible for SC clearance and be able and willing to be onsite in Shropshire 3 days per week.

RSG Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.