Senior Java Engineer - Payments

£75,000.00 GBP
Hybrid WORKING
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East - United Kingdom Type: Permanent
Senior Java Engineer - Payments
Location: Newcastle | Hybrid
Salary: Up to £75,000 + Excellent Benefits
Sector: Banking | Payments | Technology Consulting
We are supporting a leading global technology consultancy in recruiting an experienced Senior Java Engineer to work on large-scale payment platforms for major banking clients.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong Java and payments expertise, with particular emphasis on the ICON IPF Payments framework and modern cloud-based architectures.
Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop large-scale, enterprise payment systems
• Build backend services using Java 11, Spring Boot and Microservices
• Work hands-on with the ICON IPF Payments framework
• Develop and deploy solutions within AWS cloud environments
• Build event-driven solutions using Apache Kafka
• Work with ISO 20022 payment standards, schemes and message types
• Collaborate directly with major banking clients
• Contribute across design, development, integration and delivery
• Translate complex technical requirements into scalable solutions
• Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience Required

• Strong commercial Java engineering experience
• Extensive experience with Java 11 & Spring Boot
• Strong Microservices architecture experience
• Hands-on ICON IPF / IPF Payments experience
• Strong understanding of ISO 20022 Payments
• Experience within Banking / Financial Services
• AWS cloud experience
• Apache Kafka and asynchronous messaging
• Experience delivering complex enterprise payment solutions
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder communication skills

Highly Desirable

• 18+ months' ICON platform experience
• IPF Certification
• Experience delivering payment transformation programmes for major banks

What's On Offer

• Salary up to £75,000
• UK-wide opportunities
• Hybrid / flexible working
• Excellent pension
• Private healthcare
• Employee discount scheme
• Generous annual leave
• Additional volunteering leave
• Exposure to major banking transformation programmes
• Excellent career development within a global consultancy

This is a particularly strong opportunity for a Senior Java Engineer with genuine ICON IPF experience looking to work on complex, high-profile payment transformation