Skills

Communication Leadership Java GitHub CI/CD Kubernetes Jenkins Ansible VMware Test Performance Testing Agile Methodology Linux AWS Agile Recruitment Junit Spring Spring Boot CI/CD Pipelines OpenShift Kafka PostGres GitHub Actions

Job Specifications

Job Title:Java Full-stack Developer
Location: Farnborough
Salary/Rate: Up to £445 per day (Inside IR35)
Start Date: November 2025
Job Type: 6-month contract
Company Introduction
We are looking for a Java Full stack Developer with extensive experience in Kubernetes, Spring Boot & Java versions 11 or 17 to join our global client in the finance industry.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
As a Full Stack Engineer on the Core Payments Backend team, you will be responsible for continuing the modernisation of our clients application.
Analyse, design, program, test, and deploy new user stories and epics with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production
Tends to Associate Application Engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of Senior Associate Application Engineers, and helps them continue to grow
Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) by using informal leadership & highly developed communication skills
Has an oversight on design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them
Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures
Contributes to and potentially leads technology communities for the client
This group follows the Agile methodology and works in 2 weeks sprints, each engineer is responsible for writing their own test scripts to achieve full automation
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
Java version 11 or 17, Spring Boot, & Kubernetes
Linux, VMware, Openshift, AWS
CI/CD Pipelines via Jenkins, Github Actions, Chef, Ansible, Nexus
Testing of Database technologies (Postgres or similar)
Full end to end quality tool-set Junit, Cucumber, Jmeter or similar performance testing tool
Experience with caching technology
Kafka or similar streaming technology
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

About the Company

With over 25 years in the technology recruitment sector, Square One is an award-winning specialist recruitment agency. Based in London, we manage recruitment on an international scale with clients ranging from start-ups to global corporations. Our goal is to offer a comprehensive recruitment service for our clients, building long-term relationships with them to ensure candidates receive the best career opportunities possible. Our consultants continually upskill, ensuring that they're at the forefront of industry, market an... Know more