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Opus Recruitment Solutions

Java Developer - 6 months - Onsite in Newcastle

On site

Newcastle upon tyne, United kingdom

£ 500 /day

Freelance

28-10-2025

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Skills

Leadership Java GitLab CI/CD Docker Test Coaching Architecture AWS Software Development Springboot CI/CD Pipelines Gitlab CI Terraform

Job Specifications

New Contract Role

Java Developer role
6 months contract
60% a week in office (Newcastle)
£500 Inside ir35

Key Behaviours:
Collaborates with others when necessary to review specifications and uses these agreed standards and tools to design, code, test, correct and document programmes or scripts of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools.
Can prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so.
Uses a modern standards approach competently and guides others in so doing.
Provide technical leadership and guidance, including coaching and mentoring team members and their professional development.
Sees the bigger picture by taking groups of services and investigating how to get the best of underlying services.

Essential Skills:
Expert in Software Engineering best practices
Full understanding of the software development life cycle
Functional and non-functional testing
Development and maintenance of automated test suites
Docker and containerisation
Expert in TDD and BDD
Micro-service architecture and API principles
AWS and practical experience of Infrastructure-as-Code (desirable -> Terraform)
CI/CD pipelines (desirable -> GitLab CI)
Java 11/17/21and Springboot framework

If interested please send over your CV

About the Company

When it comes to technology talent, Opus Recruitment Solutions are the specialists. We provide the skills needed most to markets at the forefront of change, evolving with the ever-changing needs of our clients to propel their people strategy and build world-class teams to power the future. With a global reach, diverse networks and an established market reputation, we are the partner of choice for organisations looking for flexible and trusted technology talent solutions to achieve long-term success. Our clients work acros... Know more