Contract Software Engineer (Java / Kotlin)

Senior Software Engineer, with strong Java / Kotlin skills and Kakfa, is required by a leading ecommerce company based in Manchester.

This is a hands-on senior contract role. You'll own complex integration flows, define how a new team works, and put proper engineering foundations in place

What you’ll be doing

• Designing and building backend services and APIs in Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot or similar), on Kubernetes with CI/CD
• Owning end-to-end connectivity flows
• Building reusable connectors and tooling to make onboarding cheaper and faster
• Leading design discussions, writing clear design docs, and reviewing code across the team

Required skills and experience

• Strong Senior software engineer experience
• Excellent skills with Java and /or Kotlin
• Cloud-native development (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD; AWS or similar)

This is a contract role offering a daily rate between £550 - £600 per day (Inside IR35) for an initial 6 months with potential to extend

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