Lead Java Developer

We're currently looking for an extremely proficient, Lead Java Developer to join our financial services client in Sydney on a 6 month, rolling contract to help them build their cloud-native platform.

The role will encompass both hands-on engineering & leadership; you will lead technical delivery from initial system design through to development and production, while mentoring more junior devs and enhancing the team's overall capability and productivity.

Responsibilities:

• Strong Core Java skills
• Experience developing high-performing APIs in Java/Spring Boot within scaled, cloud environments.
• Strong hands-on experience on Spring/Spring Boot
• Solid understanding of Microservices architecture
• Experience with relational database management systems (RDBMS)
• Extensive experience with version control tools like Git, Bitbucket, CI/CD, code review
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform is essential - greenfield environment

What's on offer?

• Lead technical direction, assess architectural options, and make pragmatic technology decisions while mentoring junior developers and promoting engineering best practices.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from solution design and implementation through to testing and deployment.
• Long term contract work