Senior Java Engineer

Job Title:

Senior Java Engineer

Location:

Manchester About the Job you are considering:

Join the Financial Services (FS) Business Unit within Capgemini’s Cloud & Custom Applications (C&CA) practice as a Software Engineer, helping clients solve complex business challenges through modern, scalable digital solutions. Aligned to our vision of Consult with Purpose. Continuously Evolve. Architect Tomorrow., you will play a key role in delivering high-quality applications, enabling intelligent automation, and supporting AI-driven transformation. Working within collaborative, multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to building innovative, secure, and future-ready solutions while continuously developing your expertise and helping shape a workforce that is increasingly AI-fluent and customer-focused.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and enhance scalable enterprise applications that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Translate business and user requirements into robust, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions.

Build integrated services and application components that improve efficiency, user experience, and operational performance.

Contribute to the adoption of AI-enabled capabilities and intelligent automation within business solutions.

Collaborate effectively with architects, engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver successful project outcomes.

Ensure applications are secure, resilient, scalable, and aligned with engineering best practices.

Participate in code reviews, testing activities, and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain high delivery standards.

Troubleshoot complex technical issues and identify opportunities for optimisation and innovation.

Support modern delivery practices that enable reliable, repeatable, and efficient software releases.

Foster a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and future-ready capability development.

Required Skill:

Strong software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale applications.

Proven experience developing object-oriented and backend application solutions.

Strong proficiency in Java and Python development.

Experience designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.

Strong understanding of application integration patterns, APIs, and service-oriented design.

Expertise in database design, data modelling, query optimisation, and performance tuning.

Experience working across the full software development lifecycle in Agile delivery environments.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Experience building and integrating AI-driven capabilities into business applications.

Knowledge of Generative AI concepts including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, AI agents, and model integration patterns.

Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Commitment to continuous learning and adoption of emerging technologies and AI capabilities.

We are a Disability Confident

Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level
2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

Declare they have a disability, andMeet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

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