Java Developer - Microservices | AWS | Kafka | Manchester (3 Days Onsite) Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 3 days onsite, 2 days remote) Salary: £35,000 - £55,000 DOE

My client is looking for a talented Java Developer to join their growing engineering team in Manchester. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on high-scale, cloud-native systems using modern technologies in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.

The Role:

You'll be building distributed, event-driven microservices using:

Java and the full Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Cloud Stream)

Kafka, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, and Redis

AWS cloud services including Lambda, Step Functions, and general serverless architecture

Docker and Kubernetes in modern DevOps environments

Test-driven development (TDD) and clean architecture principles (DDD)

You'll also contribute to architecture discussions, peer reviews, and technical presentations within the team.

What They're Looking For:

Strong Java development experience using Spring-based frameworks

Knowledge of distributed systems and microservices best practices

Hands-on with Kafka, NoSQL/ElasticSearch, and containerised environments

Experience with AWS services and cloud-native design

Comfortable working in Agile teams and contributing to technical direction

Why Apply?

Work with cutting-edge technologies and modern engineering practice...