Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – Java, Cloud & AI 📍 Location: London, UK 💼 Contract: 6 Months 🏢 Working Model: 5 Days Onsite per Week We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Java, Cloud & AI to join an enterprise engineering team in London. The role involves designing, developing and supporting secure, scalable and highly resilient platform services, integrations and data-enabled solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, platform, data and operations teams to deliver production-grade applications, curated datasets and AI/ML-enabled solutions. Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and troubleshoot enterprise-scale applications using Java, Spring and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain microservices and REST APIs, including synchronous and asynchronous processing.
• Develop secure, scalable and highly resilient production-grade applications.
• Produce technical design and architecture artifacts covering service boundaries, data flows, interface contracts and resiliency patterns.
• Analyse application data, logs and performance metrics to identify issues and improve system reliability.
• Contribute to engineering standards, technical forums and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work with CI/CD, automation, testing and SDLC tools to improve engineering efficiency.
• Use enterprise-approved AI-assisted development tools for coding, refactoring, testing, troubleshooting and documentation.
• Validate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to deliver reliable cloud and data solutions. Required Skills & Experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring and Spring Boot.
• Strong experience developing microservices and REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of system design, application development, testing and production support.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale applications in large corporate environments.
• Strong experience with SQL and databases such as MS SQL Server or Oracle.
• Good understanding of SDLC, Agile, CI/CD, application resiliency and security fundamentals.
• Experience deploying and operating applications in Cloud or Hybrid Cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development tools such as enterprise-approved coding assistants.
• Ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated code, tests and documentation.
• Understanding of responsible AI usage, data sensitivity and secure handling of AI inputs/outputs. Preferred Skills
• Databricks, Lakehouse architecture and Delta Lake.
• Medallion Architecture and data product development.
• Enterprise data platforms and Data Mesh principles.
• Data quality, observability, metadata management and data lineage.
• Experience supporting Analytics, Reporting and AI/ML workloads.
• Experience with regulatory controls, auditability and traceability.
• Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• AWS SQS, SNS and EventBridge.
• Event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
• Strong understanding of resiliency and scalable cloud architectures. Apply Interested candidates can share their updated CV at: 📧 james.a@dabster.net