NextWave Consulting

Java Developer

NextWave Consulting  •  London, GB (Hybrid)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

Location: UK (Hybrid / Onsite as required)
Experience: 2–5 years
Role Type: Fixed Term Contract
We are building a modern Data Fabric platform that enables the ingestion, transformation, and serving of large volumes of data as high‑quality, reusable data products for analytics, reporting, and operational use cases.The platform operates across cloud and hybrid environments and supports multiple business domains and use cases at scale.
As a Software Engineer, you will be a hands‑on contributor building and enhancing backend services within a microservices‑based platform. You will work in an agile engineering team alongside senior engineers, architects, and product partners to deliver secure, reliable, and well‑tested software.This role focuses on technical contribution and engineering excellence, with opportunities to expand ownership over time.
Key Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and enhance backend services and REST APIs
  • Deliver features end‑to‑end: design, development, testing, and release support
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code
  • Participate actively in code reviews and engineering best practices
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows
  • Troubleshoot issues and improve reliability and performance
  • Produce clear technical and operational documentation
Must‑Have Skills
  • Strong hands‑on experience with Java and Spring Boot
  • Solid software engineering fundamentals (OO design, testing, debugging)
  • Experience working in agile development environments
  • Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Exposure to cloud platforms (GCP preferred; others considered)
  • Basic understanding of Docker and Kubernetes (or strong willingness to learn)
Nice‑to‑Have
  • Experience with React or front‑end / backend integration
  • Experience working on enterprise‑scale platforms
  • Familiarity with non‑functional requirements such as security, resilience, and observability
NextWave Consulting

About NextWave Consulting

NextWave is an award-winning Consultancy. Financial Services firms trust us to provide market-leading Strategy, Specialist transformation and AI-enabled automation Solutions. We help our clients to rapidly deliver business outcomes.

NextWave supports many of the world's leading Financial Institutions, including global banks, insurance firms, asset and wealth managers, private banking and private equity houses.

We have specialist transformation teams across Front Office, Risk, Data, Finance, Compliance and Operations, plus solution consulting & engineering teams on sector-leading platforms & fintech technologies supported by our own methodologies and accelerators.

NextWave deploys consultant teams seamlessly across our international locations in London, New York, Amsterdam, Zurich, Milan, and India.

We are giving something back through the unique NextWave 'One4One' social impact programme which provides a ‘life changing’ career start internship for youngsters from diverse backgrounds in tandem with each of our client engagements.

Our success is built on collaboration, innovation, and constant learning and development in all that we do.

For more information about NextWave and how we can help accelerate your transformation agenda and value creation, please visit: www.nxwave.com or get in touch: charles.rustin@nxwave.co.uk.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
2019
Website
nxwave.com
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