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Salary Java backend developer - Fintech, Central London, £70-75K + bens. You should have a strong background as a Java backend developer with experience of Spring, Kubernetes, Microservices and have built & maintained highly scalable and secure web applications and APIs ideally working for a Fintech.
Role responsibilities:
* Build and maintain highly scalable and secure web applications, services, and APIs.
* Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to gather and refine specifications and requirements.
* Collaborate with Support and CSM functions to troubleshoot and debug customer issues.
* Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality, promote knowledge sharing, and ensure high development standards across the organisation.
* Write well-structured, reliable, efficient and easily maintainable code.
* Learn about Open Banking and PSD (Payment Services Directive) and the different things you can build with the APIs provided.
Your background / experience:
* You have experience with Java and Spring Framework.
* You have experience with Kubernetes and micro services.
* You can comfortably debug a distributed system e.g. using distributed tracing.
* You can design a RESTful API and list all the pros and cons of your design.
* You have an API-first product mindset: you care about customer outcomes and you like to listen to their use-cases before diving into code.
* You can drive an initiative on your own, and you are also able support your team's goals.
* You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field experience.
* You are driven and curious. You ask questions and you strive to understand.
* You understand that the team will have different strengths. You're happy to learn from them and to share your expertise.
* You are comfortable with the pace, ambiguity, and the need to be a self-starter that comes with working in a start-up.
Bonus experience:
* You have worked with PSD2 or Open Banking technologies before
* You are familiar with reactive programming
This role requires just 1 day a week in the office.
This Java Backend Developer role is based in Central London and pays c£70-75K base + pension, BUPA.
