Senior Java Application Engineer - Manchester or London

FDM Group Ltd.; Manchester, City of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business and technology consultancy is seeking a Senior Java Application Engineer for a hybrid role in Manchester within the financial services sector. The position requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, focusing on Java and Spring. You will be responsible for code deployment, system analysis, and collaboration in an agile environment. Opportunities for career coaching and global assignments are offered.

Benefits

Career coaching

Assignments with global companies

Annual leave

Work-place pension

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a Senior Java Application Engineer.
• Good understanding of Java and Spring frameworks.
• Experience with AWS, API Design, and Automation testing.

Responsibilities

• Elevate code into development and production environments.
• Provide system analysis and application development.
• Create integration tests while deploying AWS infrastructure.

Skills

Java

Spring

AWS

API Design

Automation testing

Cucumber

Playwright

Git

Jenkins

Job description

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Java Application Engineer to work for our client within the financial services sector. This is initially a 24-month contract with the potential to become permanent and will be a hybrid role based in Manchester.

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Java Application Engineer with good technical expertise who is passionate about software development. You'll be at the forefront of creating unit tests, designing and developing applications while promoting a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have a pragmatic understanding and appreciation of the benefits of Agile, Kanban and Lean methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Elevate code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule, providing follow up production support as well as developing Spring Boot microservices
• Provide senior level system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and databases
• Integrate third party products and submit change control requests as well as documents
• Create cucumber, playwright integration tests while deploying AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation
• Collaborate with other developers on the team, communicating systems issues at the appropriate technical level for each audience and participate in special projects
• Translate technical specifications into code for complex new or enhancement projects by writing programs, developing code, testing artifacts, and producing reports
• Employ software development techniques to ensure tests are implemented in order to support automation
• Understand and comply with Information Technology and Information Security policies as well as procedures while ensuring deliverables meet requirements

About You

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Senior Java Application Engineer/development experience
• Good understanding of Languages/Frameworks such as Java and Spring
• Experience with AWS, API Design, Automation testing, Cucumber and Playwright
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skill
• Ability to work in cross functional teams
• Familiarity with Git, Jenkins with experience working in agile environments
• Solid stakeholder engagement and database management skills

Desirable

• AWS and Angular development knowledge
• Comfortable with occasional pair programming

About Us

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.