Insight Global - Java Software Engineer

Developer is needed in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Client: Insight Global

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Contract: Contractor

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a mid-level Java Developer for one of their premier financial services clients in Birmingham, UK. As a Java Developer on this team, you will play a crucial role in a strategic project involving the evaluation, migration, and potential decommissioning of approximately 60 existing services inherited from a separate division. These services need to be assessed to determine whether they should be maintained, enhanced, rebuilt, or retired.

Your primary focus will be investigating and understanding the flow of services—particularly from the deposit side—collaborating with tech counterparts to design migration or sunset plans, and then implementing those plans. You will work hands-on with existing codebases, enhancing and updating as needed, rather than building applications from scratch or doing heavy architectural work.

Success in this role requires strong ownership of tasks, excellent communication skills, and the ability to follow through on end-to-end service responsibilities. You will also work closely with stakeholders to identify application usage, engage in light production support (such as reviewing and investigating logs), and coordinate with both technical and business teams.

Requirements

Must Haves:

• Hands-on experience in Java development
• Strong experience with:
• Reading/writing from Kafka in Java
• Microservices architecture using Spring Framework
• Familiarity with log investigation and production support tasks
• Ability to read, write, and enhance existing codebases
• Soft skills: clear communication, teamwork, proactive task ownership
• Experience working in end-to-end development lifecycle
• Comfortable collaborating with other teams and driving deliverables to completion

Plusses:

• MongoDB (especially integrating services with MongoDB)
• Experience with cloud platforms, especially AWS
• Experience interacting with AWS services within Java applications
• Background or exposure to service demise and platform migration strategies

Additional Information

This position is based in Birmingham, UK, and involves working closely with various teams in a financial services environment. The role emphasizes hands-on development and collaboration with stakeholders to enhance service delivery and application management.