Java Developer

We are currently working with a global financial institution to recruit a Java Dev on a day rate contract to work on various finance related projects.
You will be responsible for managing a variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards whilst providing expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint by utilizing advanced knowledge of system flow to develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation. You will also be expected to serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary.
To be considered for this role you will be required to have the following skills/experience:

• 8-10 + years of strong hands-on development experience using Java including expertise with Spring or another dependency injection framework.
• 5+ years’ experience in developing and maintaining highly scalable, real-time, low latency, high volume, scalable microservices.
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience with real-time messaging middleware (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Solace, Tibco, …)
• Experience working with multi-threaded applications.
• Strong software development fundamentals, data structures, design patterns, Object-Oriented programming, architecture, algorithms, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.

This role will be hybrid with 3 days working from the office in Belfast. Although the role is initially for an 11-month period there is a high possibility of extension. If you're interested in this role, please forward an up-to-date copy of your CV or call me on If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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