Senior Developer - Edinburgh/Remote - £500.00 Per Day Outside IR35

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Developer to join a collaborative Agile team delivering modern, customer-focused digital services. This is an exciting opportunity to work on the development of scalable web applications and REST APIs, helping to build and enhance high-quality digital products that make a real impact.

You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams to design, develop and improve software using modern engineering practices, contributing to the delivery of secure, resilient and maintainable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain web applications and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot and Python/Flask.
• Enhance existing digital products by delivering new features and continuous improvements based on user feedback.
• Produce clean, maintainable and well-tested code using industry best practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate closely with developers, testers, designers and product stakeholders.
• Lead technical discussions and provide expertise on solution design and implementation.
• Carry out code reviews, pair programming and collaborative design sessions.
• Ensure software meets non-functional requirements including security, accessibility, performance and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot issues across development, test and production environments.
• Mentor and support other developers, sharing knowledge and encouraging continuous improvement.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning and service resilience activities where required.

Essential Skills & Experience

We're looking for someone with strong commercial experience in:

• Java 11+
• Python 3
• Spring Boot and Flask microservices
• Spring Security and OAuth2
• React and modern JavaScript frameworks
• HTML and CSS, with an understanding of accessibility standards
• OpenShift
• Docker, Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines
• PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• REST API development
• Agile software delivery
• Infrastructure as Code
• Unit testing and test automation
• Event-driven and service-oriented architectures
• Cloud monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana
• Modern DevOps practices
• Working within cross-functional, high-performing development teams

Desirable Skills

Experience with any of the following would be advantageous:

• AWS services including Lambda, S3, API Gateway and Aurora PostgreSQL
• AWS CloudFormation and CDK
• TypeScript

This is an Outside IR35 contract