Backend Software Engineer

Backend Software Engineer - £560p/d (Inside of IR35) - Java | Contract | Manchester

Leading global digital travel platform now requires a Backend Software Engineer to join a major global travel platform and help build the technology connecting its Attractions business with third-party providers.

You'll develop and operate cloud-native services supporting partner integrations, product and availability data, reservations, webhooks and data transformation. This is a hands-on role covering the full software life cycle-from technical design and development through to deployment and production support.

Key responsibilities:

• Build and operate scalable Back End services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Develop partner integrations and data-ingestion capabilities.
• Design and integrate REST/HTTP APIs.
• Work with AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Design services for resilience, scalability, security and observability.
• Own solutions from initial requirements through to production.
• Diagnose production issues using logs, metrics, traces and dashboards.
• Contribute to technical designs, code reviews, testing and engineering improvements.

Key requirements:

• Strong Back End engineering experience using Java and Spring Boot.
• Practical experience building cloud-native services on AWS.
• Experience deploying and operating services using Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
• Experience with APIs, microservices and third-party integrations.
• Good understanding of distributed systems, including retries, timeouts, idempotency and rate limiting.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD and production operations.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

Experience within travel, marketplaces, E-commerce, data transformation or high-scale event-driven systems would be beneficial but is not essential.

Contract details:

• Contract running until the end of 2026.
• Rate: £560p/d (Inside of IR35)
• Manchester-based hybrid working- one/two day(s) per week in the office.
• No out-of-hours on-call requirement.

If you're a Back End engineer who enjoys building reliable, scalable integrations and taking ownership of services through to production, please apply or get in touch to find out more.