Camunda 8 Engineer

Camunda 8 Engineer

Location: London, UK / Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-time / Contract

Experience Level: Mid-Senior

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Camunda Engineer to design, develop, and optimise workflow automation solutions using Camunda, with a strong preference for Camunda 8.

This role is suited to someone who can build scalable, resilient, and modern process orchestration solutions, integrating workflow automation into microservices and event-driven architectures.

Candidates with strong Camunda 7 experience may also be considered if they can clearly explain the differences between Camunda 7 and Camunda 8, and how their experience translates into a Camunda 8-led environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy workflows using Camunda / Zeebe
• Translate business requirements into technical workflow solutions
• Implement BPMN / DMN-based process automation
• Integrate workflows with REST APIs, microservices, and external systems
• Optimise process performance, scalability, and reliability
• Monitor and troubleshoot workflow execution and operational issues
• Collaborate with product, architecture, DevOps, and backend engineering teams
• Support best practices across:
  • process modelling
  • versioning
  • governance
  • deployment
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployment models

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong experience working with Camunda, ideally Camunda 8 / Zeebe
• Camunda 8 Certification strongly preferred
• Strong experience with:
  • BPMN 2.0
  • DMN
  • workflow orchestration
• Proficiency in Java / Spring Boot or equivalent backend technologies
• Experience with:
  • REST APIs
  • Kafka / RabbitMQ / messaging systems
  • microservices
  • event-driven systems
  • Docker / Kubernetes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred / Desirable

• Experience with Camunda SaaS or self-managed deployments
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines
• Exposure to task UI / frontend integration
• Understanding of process monitoring and optimisation tooling
• Experience with both Camunda 7 and Camunda 8

Ideal Profile

This role is best suited to someone currently operating as a:

• Camunda Engineer
• Camunda Developer
• Workflow Engineer
• BPM Developer
• Process Automation Engineer