Senior Software Developer (Java) Cardiff Up to £65,000 DOE What You''ll Do: You''ll join a collaborative, cross-functional team where you''ll play a key role in building and enhancing robust software solutions used by organisations around the world. Day to day, you''ll be hands-on with designing, developing and maintaining scalable applications, while contributing to technical decisions and continuously improving how the team works. You''ll work closely with Product Owners, QA and DevOps colleagues to translate requirements into high-quality solutions, support production releases, and help resolve complex technical issues. There''s also a strong opportunity to mentor others and progress towards a lead developer position, shaping both the technology and the team''s future direction. What You''ll Bring: Strong commercial experience with Java 8+ and modern development practicesSolid knowledge of frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Cloud and HibernateExperience building microservices and RESTful APIsA good understanding of modern software architectures including microservices and event-driven designHands-on experience with AWS, Docker and cloud-native developmentConfidence writing and maintaining unit tests using tools such as JUnit and MockitoExperience working with relational databases such as SQL or MySQLFamiliarity with Git-based version control and Agile delivery environmentsStrong problem-solving skills, clear communication and a genuine desire to keep learning Why