Full Stack Developer; Java

Overview

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with industry professionals, gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. We invest in continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long-term career progression within a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity and reinvention.

• Tools and policies to support work-life balance, including flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and a maternity returners scheme
• 28 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to build modern, cloud-native applications using the latest front-end frameworks, scalable microservices, and hyperscaler cloud services. You will work across the entire technology stack designing intuitive user interfaces, implementing resilient backend microservices, developing event-driven components, and deploying solutions using cloud-native CI/CD pipelines. You will work with technologies such as React or Angular, Java/Spring Boot, .NET

Core, Node.js, Python, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, serverless functions, and event streams. You may build solutions on AWS services like Lambda, EKS, Dynamo

DB, and Cloud Front, or Azure services like AKS, App Services, APIM, Event Grid, Cosmos DB, and Azure Functions.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, works in Agile teams, and builds end-to-end cloud-native products using modern tools and frameworks. Whether delivering features, guiding technical decisions, or owning key services, you will play a key part in building high-performance, scalable, and secure applications. If you want to work with next-generation cloud-native architectures and full-stack engineering, we’d love to hear from you.

• Develop full-stack cloud-native applications using microservices, APIs, and modern UI frameworks
• Build front-end applications using React or Angular (SPA or microfront ends)
• Develop scalable back-end services following 12-factor principles and event-driven patterns through Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Design Relational SQL and No
  
  SQL data models for cloud-hosted applications
• Build applications using languages such as Java, .NET, Node.js, or Python
• Deploy and manage containerised or serverless workloads using AWS or Azure cloud services
• Work with event-driven tools such as Kafka and cloud messaging services
• Apply cloud-native CI/CD, Dev Sec Ops  practices, and Test-Driven Development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and support high-quality delivery across the stack
• Guide other developers or lead technical components (depending on experience)

Preferred Education
:
Bachelor s Degree

• SPA and microfront ends
• Responsive design
• React or Angular

• Microservices design (12-factor, domain-bounded)
• Common design patterns
• REST and event-driven APIs
• SQL and No
  
  SQL modelling

• Java (8+), GraalVM
• .NET / .NET Core
• Java Script
• Node.js
• Python

• Spring Boot (must have)
• Quarkus
• Express.js
• Django

• Compute & PaaS: AWS: EKS, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, ROSA;
  Azure: AKS, Azure VMs, ACR, App Services, Functions, Service Fabric
• Routing / API: AWS API Gateway, ALB/NLB, Route 53;
  Azure APIM
• Databases: AWS Aurora, RDS, Dynamo
  
  DB;
  Azure SQL DB, Cosmos DB, Redis
• Event-driven services: AWS SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Dynamo Streams, MSK;
  Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, Logic Apps
• Storage: AWS S3;
  Azure Blob Storage
• Observability: AWS Cloud Watch, X-Ray, Event Bridge;
  Azure Monitor, App Insights
• Networking: AWS VPC, EC2;
  Azure VNet

• Kafka
• Zookeeper

• AWS:
  Code Build, Code Deploy, Code Pipeline, Code Commit, SAM, Cloud Formation
• Azure:
  Azure Dev Ops,…