Java Software Engineer
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Sheffield
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS
Kotlin
Java
API Development
SQL/Databases
HTML/JavaScript
Microservices
Agile (Jira/Confluence)
Git/Bitbucket
FULL DESCRIPTION
Java Software Engineer
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Sheffield
Contract
Posted 20 April 2026
Job Description
Required:
- Experience in Kotlin (or significant Java experience )
- Experienced in API development, SQL/databases, HTML/Javascript
- Excellent writing skills and attention to detail in code
- Proactive person who will not wait to be told what to do next or be unblocked by others
- Experience working with standard developer collaboration Tools: Github/Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with developers, testers and the wider organisation to build and run products
- Design, develop & implement back-end features as per backlog/priority with a small element of front-end development.
- All apps use a simple UI framework so not strictly ‘front-end’ development.
- Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and launch new features.
- Proactively work with customers to resolve their issues and respond to feature requests.
- Build APIs and microservices
- Work in an agile CI/CD environment to deliver rapid iterations at a sustained velocity
- Be an active member of a team, participating in peer reviews and in testing others code through automated test scripting
Skills Required:
- Experience in Kotlin (or Java with willingness to learn Kotlin)
- Experienced in at least two or three of the following: API development, SQL/databases, HTML/Javascript
- Lots of experience of working with microservices
- Strong technical and analytical troubleshooting skills
- Experience in working with Agile including the use of Jira/ Confluence.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Strong English skills, written and spoken
Contact
Consultant: Vaishali Srivastava - [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] - [contact hidden]
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