Senior Java Developer - Leeds (Hybrid) - Up to £85,000 + 10% Bonus

  • RecOps
  • Leeds, Yorkshire
  • 29/07/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Java SQL

Job Description

Senior Java Developer - Leeds (Hybrid) - Up to £85,000 + 10% Bonus

I'm recruiting on behalf of a leading consulting client for several Senior Java Developers to join a major Banking & Financial Services programme based in Leeds.

This is an opportunity to work on large-scale, cloud-native applications within a modern engineering environment, collaborating with talented teams using the latest AWS and DevOps technologies.

The Role

  • Design and build scalable Java/Kotlin applications
  • Develop cloud-native solutions on AWS
  • Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making
  • Mentor developers and champion engineering best practice
  • Work within Agile, DevOps and CI/CD environments

Key Experience

  • Strong Java (Kotlin beneficial)
  • Spring Boot and Microservices
  • AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFormation, OpenSearch)
  • SQL and relational databases
  • Docker, GitHub Actions and CI/CD
  • DevOps and cloud engineering practices

Nice to Have

  • Node.js or TypeScript
  • Angular
  • Datadog
  • Amazon Step Functions

What's on Offer

  • Up to £85,000 basic salary
  • 10% annual bonus
  • Excellent benefits package
  • Hybrid working (minimum three days per week in Leeds)
  • Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale financial services projects