At a Glance
- Tasks: Build core features for card transaction systems on a cloud platform.
- Company: Join a leading tech firm focused on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, health perks, remote work options, and growth opportunities.
- Other info: Exciting career growth in a fast-paced, agile team.
- Why this job: Make an impact with cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and strong Java development skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
As a Senior Engineer, you will be building core features and functions of card transaction systems on a distributed platform deployed in the cloud. Actively participating in agile teams and the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation. Engineers use Java technologies to drive innovation while also finding opportunities for adopting new technologies. As a part of the technical team, you will work to bring ground‑breaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products, and platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Developing seamless integrations between vendor products and the environment by developing APIs, utilizing enterprise file transfer, and Identity and Access platforms.
- Collaborating with product owners, delivery managers, vendors, engineers, architects, and key stakeholders to resolve complex technical problems and create solutions.
- Maintaining the platform health of vendor products through vulnerability remediation, CMDB validation and maintenance, threat modeling, and ensuring enterprise resiliency.
Technical Skills:
- Java, Spring, Spring Boot, microservices, Openshift cloud, web services (SOAP and RESTful), GIT, Maven.
Role Responsibilities:
- Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods.
- Strong engineering hands‑on experience on the following technical skills: Java, J2EE, Vert.x, Java memory management, garbage collection, multithreading, immutability & concurrency programming, system design & architecture with Spring framework.
- Familiarity with reactive programming frameworks—Spring WebFlux, RxJava; experience with RESTful and GraphQL based micro‑services; relational databases like Oracle, DB2, Postgres; NoSQL databases like Couchbase, Cassandra, Mongo, S3; microservices design patterns.
- Event‑driven programming paradigm using Kafka, Solace, MQ; continuous integration, and full SDLC development tools, including Jenkins, Bamboo, GIT, Maven, JUnit, SonarCube, static analysis, security testing.
- Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands‑on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, Azure).
- Experience creating and implementing effective monitoring, tracing and system performance tooling.
- Ability to think and analyse both breadth‑wise (client, server, DB, control flow) and depth‑wise (threads, sessions, space‑time complexity) while designing and implementing services.
- Able to communicate complex data structures and associated components.
- Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications.
- Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided; has deep understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analysing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s).
Job Requirements:
Essential Skills: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, microservices, Openshift cloud, web services (SOAP and RESTful), GIT, Maven.
Nice To Have Skills: Couchbase, Cassandra, Mongo, S3; microservices design patterns; event‑driven programming paradigm using Kafka, Solace, MQ; continuous integration; Vert.x; GraphQL; Spring WebFlux (e.g., RxJava); Kafka; Solace; MQ; SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, public cloud (AWS/Azure); and performance monitoring tools.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or higher.
Senior Java Software Engineer in Burgess Hill employer: Cognizant
Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and collaboration, where as a Senior Java Software Engineer, you will be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge card transaction systems in a dynamic cloud environment. Our inclusive work culture fosters continuous learning and growth, offering ample opportunities for professional development while working alongside talented teams dedicated to pushing technological boundaries. Located in a vibrant area, we provide a stimulating workplace that encourages creativity and embraces diverse ideas, making it an excellent choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
