Senior Java developer

Looking for a Senior Java Developer

• Release oversight to ensure delivery teams follow agreed processes, controls, and engineering standards.
• Ensure non-production environments are stable, available, and ready to support delivery and testing activities.
• Proactively identify, assess, and address technical risks and issues that may impact upcoming releases.
• Work closely with the Investec engineering team to drive the adoption of engineering standards and best practices.
• Provide hands-on support to development, production support to resolve blockers.
• Assist in establishing and improving production environments to support reliable and controlled releases.
• Create or enhance common components at the IBOL platform level to improve consistency, reusability, and platform efficiency.
• Drive the implementation and closure of audit findings, ensuring compliance with required controls and governance expectations.
• Will be responsible for overseeing end-to-end release readiness and platform stability, ensuring teams follow agreed delivery processes, engineering standards, and governance requirements. This role combines technical depth with coordination and oversight, working closely with engineering, development, QA, production support, and cross-functional stakeholders to identify risks early, resolve environment and release issues, drive platform improvements, and ensure audit and engineering standards are effectively implemented.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize backend systems using Java 18+, Spring Boot and related frameworks.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services aligned with domain-driven design (DDD) and clean architecture principles.
• Deploy, monitor, and manage applications on Microsoft Azure, leveraging services such as:
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Microsoft SQL
• Automate CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, including build, test, and release workflows.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, QA, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor application performance and reliability, implementing proactive improvements and observability practices.
• Stay current with software ecosystem and Azure innovations, applying best practices to improve system scalability and maintainability.

Experience, skill and capability

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Java 18+, Spring Boot, and object-oriented design principles.
• Experience with Azure Cloud Services or similar
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or similar for version control, pipelines, and deployments.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and asynchronous programming.
• Working knowledge of SQL
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker containers, and modern deployment strategies.
• Understanding of secure coding practices and API authentication (OAuth2 / OpenID Connect).

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Exposure to Terraform, Bicep, or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Experience with event-driven architecture or message-based systems.
• Familiarity with Unit Testing and Test Automation frameworks (xUnit, NUnit, Moq, etc.).
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Application Insights, Log Analytics).
• Background in financial services, legal tech, or enterprise systems is advantageous. 

Negotiable