# Senior Java Developer (12-Month Contract)

Introduction We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer with a minimum of 7 years' experience to join a 12-month contract opportunity within the banking and financial services industry. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, Apache Kafka and relational databases, with experience in legacy system migration, data integration and batch processing. Previous experience in banking, insurance or financial services is essential, with particular preference for candidates who have worked on commission management systems involving insurance and financial products. Duties & Responsibilities Analyse legacy system data models and business rules to map and migrate data into new relational structures using Java and Spring Boot. Develop and implement batch processing jobs using Spring Batch to support large-volume data transfers and reconciliation. Design, develop and maintain Java-based applications using Spring Framework, Spring Data JPA and Microservices architecture. Develop and integrate RESTful APIs to support communication between applications, external systems and databases. Work with Apache Kafka and Kafka Stream

- **Id**: 3922436
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/swan-it-recruitment-senior-java-developer-12-month-contract>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-26T06:53:38Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-26T06:53:38Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 13
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4165
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4496126
- **Name**: Swan iT Recruitment
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/swan-it-recruitment>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Amazon EC2** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **AWS Lambda** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Hibernate** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **JMeter** — Optional: no
- **JUnit** — Optional: no
- **Maven** — Optional: no
- **Mockito** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SOAP** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **Spring Data JPA** — Optional: no
- **Spring Framework** — Optional: no
- **Spring MVC** — Optional: no
- **Spring Security** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Kotlin** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 13

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T15:58:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 48
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.536
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 12
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:12, agency, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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