Overview

Tribal Worldwide London is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our London-based team. As a Senior Backend Developer, you will architect and implement the backbone of our cutting-edge applications, crafting robust APIs and optimizing performance across complex systems.

You will excel in working independently while collaborating with diverse teams, including Project Management, Front-End Developers, DevOps, and Solution Architects, to ensure seamless project delivery. Your expertise in Java and a broad array of enterprise technologies will empower you to design, develop, and refine scalable and efficient systems.

Note: This is a contract role with a projected end date of December 19, 2025. Our new hires and employees are the future of our organization, and we aim to set you up for long-term success. Our London-based team is expected to work from the Tribal Worldwide London office a minimum of 3 days a week.

You will

• Collaborate and communicate efficiently with groups such as Creative, QA, Business, and Technology during all phases of a project lifecycle.
• Implement technology solutions that address clients\' business needs, leveraging best practices and state-of-the-art technologies.
• Own development tasks and ensure alignment with the overall technical architecture and design established by the tech lead.
• Understand and map user and business requirements to appropriate technical solutions.
• Maintain clear documentation on projects as dictated by tech capabilities guidelines and best practices.
• Debug or troubleshoot complex issues in existing software applications.
• Provide proactive feedback on policies and procedures to drive improvements.
• Provide coaching and support to other team members to fulfill tasks and enhance technical skills.

You have

• 5+ years of commercial experience with relevant tools such as Java 8/11/17 (OpenJDK), Docker, Kubernetes, Maven, Jenkins, NVM, RESTful APIs, ActiveMQ or similar.
• Experience in authentication with third-party services and APIs.
• Ability to analyze, profile, and refactor code and processes to improve quality and performance.
• Excellent working knowledge of data store technologies (e.g., MongoDB, DocDB, MySQL, Redis).
• Experience developing and deploying large web-based applications.
• Experience managing and coding multiple projects with complex interdependencies.
• Understanding of project management processes involved in website/portal development.
• Ability to multitask across projects and adapt to changing priorities.

Tribal Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer.

The Tribal Worldwide Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs tribalworldwide.co.uk, criticalmass.co, omc.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly. UK based https://www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
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