Software Developer, Java Developer, Backend Developer

Job in City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Area, EH1, Scotland, UK

Listing for: McGregor Recruitment

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-24

Job specializations:

Software Development
Java Developer, Backend Developer, AWS, DevOps

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 71816 - 94233 GBP Yearly GBP 71816.00 94233.00 YEAR

Location: City of Edinburgh

Senior Software Developer

Remote (with occasional trip to Edinburgh)

12 months duration

Day rate offered £450 outside ir35

A highly skilled Senior Developer is required to support the ongoing delivery and modernisation of critical digital services within a major national registration domain. You will join an established cross‑functional engineering team working to enhance, replace and support core systems as part of a transition from legacy platforms to a modern hybrid‑cloud environment.

What you’ll do

Develop and support Spring Boot web applications and REST APIs deployed in Open Shift
Contribute to the transition from legacy systems into a cloud‑first architecture
Support and enhance domain‑specific systems, including case management, workflow and register services
Lead technical delivery for web applications that enable end‑to‑end processing of key registration activities
Maintain and upgrade Java and Spring Boot services (Java 21 upgrades, dependency management, monitoring and alerting)
Investigate and support replacement of bulk processing services
Troubleshoot across AWS‑based components, ETL pipelines, relational and No

SQL databases
Contribute to disaster recovery assurance activities
Apply collaborative engineering practices, including pairing, mobbing, TDD and contract testing
Participate in Agile ceremonies and continuous improvement activities

Essential skills & experience

Java 11/17, Spring Boot microservices, Spring Security, OAuth2
React/Next.js and modern JavaScript practices
Open Shift, AWS CDK, AWS CI/CD pipelines
RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch
Jenkins, Docker, modern Dev Ops and IaC practices
Event‑based and service‑oriented architecture
TDD, pair programming, consumer‑driven contract testing
Grafana, Kibana, cloud monitoring and telemetry
MongoDB and PostgreSQL
Experience replacing or modernising legacy systems

If this sounds like the right role for you, please apply today!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not on any grounds.

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