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Senior Java Developer - 12 Month Contract - £750 per day

Involved SolutionsBirmingham🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 19 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Temporary/Casual
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Senior Java Developer - 12 Month Contract - £750pd

Rate: £750 per day Umbrella

IR35: Inside

Location: Hybrid - 60% office attendance (Manchester, Leeds or Birmingham)

Clearance: BPSS - must be eligible for SC

The Role:

A major Central Government programme is seeking experienced Senior Java Developers to join a digital delivery team.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership across Java development, while mentoring other developers and helping to drive engineering standards and best practice across the team.

Experience & Requirements:
  • Strong commercial experience developing applications using Java and Spring Boot.
  • Extensive experience with AWS and cloud-based application development.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience working with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases.
  • Proven ability to lead technically and mentor junior/mid-level developers, providing guidance and conducting code reviews.
  • Experience setting and promoting engineering standards, best practices and quality across development teams.
  • Ability to work closely with architects, product owners and wider multidisciplinary teams to shape robust technical solutions.
  • Strong experience delivering scalable and maintainable solutions within complex Agile environments.
  • Government or large-scale digital service experience is desirable.

6 positions available.

If you are available and interested, please apply in the first instance and you will be contacted to discuss the position further.

Skills

MongoDB
Spring
Spring Boot
AWS
Agile
Java
Kafka

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