Java Backend Engineer

🚨 We’re Hiring: Java Backend Engineer | Contract | Bournemouth, UK

📍 Location: Bournemouth, UK

🏢 Work Mode: Onsite

💼 Job Type: Contract

We are looking for an experienced Java Backend Engineer to join our team on a contract basis in Bournemouth, UK . This is an onsite opportunity for candidates with strong Java backend development experience and exposure to Apache Flink, AWS, Kubernetes, and large-scale file processing .

🔹 Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java backend services .
• Build large-scale file processing solutions across VSIs and Amazon S3.
• Develop streaming and batch processing pipelines using Apache Flink .
• Deploy and manage cloud-native applications using Kubernetes / AWS EKS .
• Design highly resilient, share-nothing and multi-region architectures .
• Develop secure, scalable, well-documented REST APIs .
• Work with Kafka and/or MQ messaging technologies.
• Implement service registries and dynamic service discovery within microservices environments.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude .
• Work effectively within Agile, self-managing teams .

🔹 Required Skills

✅ Strong Java & Object-Oriented Programming

✅ Experience building reusable components and custom frameworks

✅ Large-file processing and file handling experience

✅ Apache Flink – highly desirable

✅ AWS – particularly EKS and S3

✅ Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Development

✅ Kafka / MQ

✅ REST APIs & Microservices

✅ Highly available and multi-region architectures

✅ GitHub Copilot / Claude or similar AI-assisted development tools

✅ Agile development experience

📩 Interested candidates can share their CV at: [email protected]