Backend Java Developer

Join a team transforming a global commerce platform through a major Java-based architectural rebuild. You'll develop scalable microservices, marketplace integrations and cloud-nativee solutions that enable seamless product, stock and pricing synchronisation across multiple sales channels, helping drive faster market expansion and a better customer experience.

Client Details

Our client is a globally recognised retail and e-commerce organisation investing heavily in its digital capabilities. With a strong focus on innovation, engineering excellence, and customer experience, they are undertaking a major technology transformation to support continued international growth and expansion across digital sales channels.

Working within a collaborative and empowered engineering environment, you'll be part of a team building products that operate at significant scale across multiple markets.

Description

• Contribute to the rebuild and modernisation of a core platform using Java Spring Boot.
• Design, develop, and optimise integrations with a range of external commerce and marketplace platforms.
• Build scalable microservices within a cloud-nativee, event-driven architecture.
• Develop solutions for complex product catalogue publication and synchronisation challenges.
• Support the migration of legacy business processes into modern platform services.
• Ensure highly accurate real-time stock and pricing synchronisation.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Drive technical improvements and contribute to architectural decision-making.

Profile

You will bring:

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience building microservices and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL databases.
• Experience with Redis or similar caching technologies.
• Understanding of event-driven architecture patterns.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and cloud platforms, ideally GCP.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A proactive mindset and the ability to work autonomously within agile teams.

Desirable:

• Experience with Python.
• Previous experience integrating with marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, or large-scale APIs.

Job Offer

• Daily rate of £650, dependent on the level of experience.
• Temporary position in a retail-focused technology role.
• Opportunity to work in South London - 3 days per week in the office
• Be part of a major global digital transformation programme.
• Work on a modern technology stack including Java, Spring Boot, GCP, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL and Redis.
• Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction.
• Collaborative and highly skilled engineering environment.
• Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and international commerce platforms.
• Flexible and empowering culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Excellent opportunities for long-term career growth and development.