Principal Java Engineer

- Eligible to achieve UK SC or DV Security Clearance and have resided in the UK for the past 5 years with no more than a 3-month break outside the UK - Strong experience in Java software engineering and object-oriented design - Strong experience with Spring (Boot) - Experience with REST APIs and microservice architectures - Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerisation and orchestration - Proficiency in Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks - Understanding of event-driven design and message brokers (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ) - Good knowledge of security, authentication, and integration patterns for enterprise systems - Experience working in agile teams within digital transformation or automation programmes - A willingness to learn BPMN and Camunda tooling - Some exposure to process automation or microservice orchestration Desirable Skills: - Experience with Camunda 8 (Zeebe) clusters and Operate/Tasklist components - Familiarity with Camunda connectors, external task workers, and scripting extensions - Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm) - Experience integrating process automation with case-management or service-orchestration platforms - Understanding of agentic AI capabilities and their role in workflow automation - Experience mentoring developers or contributing to open-source Camunda extensions - Already holding UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV)