Senior Java Developer

Senior Java Developer
Industry: Investment Banking
Location: Glasgow
Contract: 12 Months
Work Setup: Hybrid

The Role
We are seeking a Senior Java Developer to join our client, a major US Investment Bank, working in their Java Platform Engineering team in Glasgow on an initial 12 month contract.

This is an opportunity to contribute to the development of reusable Java frameworks, libraries and platform services used across a large-scale technology environment. You will help drive Java modernisation, improve developer productivity and shape technical standards across the organisation.

The role is suited to an experienced Java developer with strong knowledge of distributed systems, concurrency and Spring Boot, who enjoys working on complex technical challenges and platform engineering.

What You'll Do

• Define technical standards and best practices for Java-based distributed systems.
• Design, develop and support reusable Java libraries, frameworks and platform services.
• Contribute to Java modernisation and platform engineering initiatives.
• Work with application teams to improve platform guidance and developer enablement.
• Lead technical investigations, proof-of-concepts and technology evaluations.
• Develop technical documentation, reference architectures and engineering standards.
• Support performance, resilience and scalability improvements across Java applications.
• Explore agentic coding tools to support prototyping, testing, documentation and developer productivity.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Java development and JVM internals.
• Excellent understanding of concurrent and multithreaded programming.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Extensive experience with Spring and Spring Boot.
• Strong Linux and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience developing reusable libraries, frameworks or platform services.
• Understanding of software architecture, scalability and resilience.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work across technical teams.
• Experience contributing to technical standards, modernisation or platform engineering initiatives.

Desirable Skills

• Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Cloud-native application architectures.
• Performance engineering and JVM tuning.
• API gateways and service mesh technologies.
• OpenAPI, gRPC or event-driven architectures.
• Experience with C++, Python or other platform languages.
• CI/CD and developer tooling.
• Experience contributing to open-source software.

Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to work on large-scale Java platform engineering, influencing technical direction and developing reusable capabilities across a major financial services organisation.

You'll collaborate with experienced engineering teams and contribute to strategic technology modernisation initiatives.

We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.