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Role: Senior Java Software Engineer

Location: London, 2 days per week on site required

Duration: 6-month contract with a possibility to turn into a perm opportunity

Salary: £(Apply online only)k + 5% bonus

Join a high-impact engineering team building innovative solutions that shape the future of compliance and risk technology for global merchants. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a strong technical foundation, a passion for problem-solving, and a drive to build reliable, scalable systems.

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Senior Engineer on our Compliance, CDD, and Merchant Risk team, you'll play a critical role in developing our next-generation Perpetual KYC (pKYC) platform - a key solution designed to support our SMB and Enterprise customers across multiple global markets.

You'll work across the full development lifecycle, designing and delivering secure, scalable solutions in a modern, cloud-first tech stack. You'll collaborate closely with engineers across the UK, Romania, and India in a fast-paced, SAFe Agile environment.

Responsibilities:

Design, build, test, and support cutting-edge pKYC features and compliance systems
Translate complex business requirements into clean, efficient code
Develop and maintain integrations with cloud-native platforms and third-party SaaS tools
Write technical documentation and propose improvements to streamline development and deployment
Participate in system architecture design, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement

What You Bring:

Strong Java/J2EE development experience with a solid understanding of backend architecture
Proficiency with Oracle (DML, DDL), JBoss, XML, CSS
Expertise in building and consuming RESTful and SOAP web services
Familiarity with Spring, Kafka, GraphQL, OpenID, and GitHub
Solid experience with AWS services like Lambda, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, and OpenShift
Experience integrating third-party SaaS platforms into enterprise systems
Agile mindset - comfortable working in a SAFe Agile environment with global teams
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Nice to Have:

Domain experience in financial services, payments, or regulatory compliance
Knowledge of CDD/Risk platforms in a payments environment
Experience with tools like Rally, Confluence, or Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions
Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure at scale

Why Join Us?

You'll be part of a global engineering team that's forward-thinking and quality-driven, working on mission-critical systems that directly impact how merchants operate and grow. If you're looking to take ownership, innovate, and collaborate with experts across borders-this is the place for you.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered please click the "apply" button.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

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