Senior Java Developer

Role Overview

Senior Java Developer role at Delta Capita. This position is focused on modernizing architecture by replacing legacy systems with microservices, leveraging AI/ML capabilities to enhance automation, insights, and decision‑making.

3 days per week on site in Sheffield. Contract to permanent.

• Deliver production-ready code and contribute to system architecture aligned with a microservice structure.
• Design and implement AI/ML-driven features, including data pipelines, model integration, and inference services.
• Drive faster delivery of reliable code across the team, leading by example.
• Engage with business and engineering leadership to understand requirements and translate them into scalable AI/ML solutions.
• Propose innovative ideas for applying machine learning to improve data quality, risk assessment, and operational efficiency.
• Promote and lead a strong engineering culture within the team.
• Collaborate with a distributed global team across multiple regions.
• Identify and remove impediments, manage risks, and communicate issues to program management.
• Find and implement programmatic solutions to process inefficiencies.

• Strong experience in software engineering, including backend development and microservice architecture.
• Must have strong Java experience (latest versions preferred).
• Proficiency in RESTful API design, CI/CD practices, and relational databases (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL).
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (Tensor Flow, PyTorch) and deploying ML models at scale.
• Experience building data pipelines and integrating ML into production systems.
• Frontend development experience with React
  
  JS.
• Background in regulated industries (e.g., finance) is a plus.

Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. We will provide reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities.

Minimum of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home, aligning with client policies and expectations.

Delta Capita Group is a global managed services, consulting and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology‑based mutualized services for financial institutions for non‑differentiating services.

• Managed Services
• Consulting & Solutions
• Technology

Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level |

Employment Type:

Full‑time | Job Function:
Engineering and Information Technology