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Paritas Recruitment

Software Engineer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Full Time

17-11-2025

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Skills

Communication Java CI/CD Test Architecture Programming Software Development Agile Microservice Agile Methods Microservices

Job Specifications

Lead Software Engineer & Software Engineer - Java Microservices

Location: London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Flexible Working Model

Salary depending on role level & experience

Paritas is working with a leading Client within Financial Services who are looking for multiple Software Engineers for a Java Microservices, Mobile Platform project.

Lead Software Engineer, Java Microservices

This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer where you’ll be designing, producing, testing and implementing working software, working across the lifecycle of the system.

What you'll do

Working in a permanent feature team, you’ll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You’ll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives.

You’ll also be:

Applying Agile methods to the development of software on the backlog
Producing resilient and long-lived software and acting flexibly to cope with future needs
Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping
Designing and developing software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, using executable patterns

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with strong server side engineering experience, including delivering change safely in business critical environments. You’ll be capable of mapping complex requirements to specific functional breakdowns to allow you to build and deliver on our customer objectives.

Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:

Experience developing Java software and demonstrate delivering well tested production ready software complying with evidence of fulfilling functional and non-functional behaviours
The ability to implement programming best practices, especially around security, availability, performance and observability and within the context of a microservice based architecture
Experience of running retail level workloads over a distributed system including private or public cloud environments, and including modern practises for management of these workloads
Sound collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work with business and technology teams using agile processes and practises

Software Engineer, Java Microservices

This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challenge, day-to-day, you'll be engineering and maintaining innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll be working within a feature team to engineer software, scripts and tools, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.

You’ll also be:

Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business
Working in permanent teams who are responsible for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning
Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability
Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working software solutions
Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

The skills you'll need

To take on this role, you’ll need a background in software engineering and design and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers.

You’ll also need:

Experience of developing Java software and demonstrated delivery of well tested production ready software
Knowledge and experience of agile delivery methods including the use of CI/CD to deliver and maintain quality in the software development lifecycle
The ability to implement programming best practices, especially around security, availability, performance and observability
Experience of delivering microservices and specific requirements as a result of these architectures

About the Company

Paritas Recruitment is a specialist Audit (Business & IT), Risk (Credit, Market, Operational, Quantitative, Regulatory), Compliance and Data Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning and Technology recruitment agency established to offer our clients and candidates a more personalised and effective service. Our skilled and experienced team of Directors and Consultants recruit across the whole financial services sector, e-commerce, consultancy, healthtech, oil & gas, retail, artificial intelligence, technology and more. ... Know more