Contract Software Engineer

Contract Software Engineer - £500 p/d - Outside IR35 - Fully Remote

We are seeking a skilled Contract Software Engineer to join a brand new area of business on a fully remote basis. This 6-month contract role offers a day rate of £500 and involves working with a unique Java monolith codebase that does not rely on common frameworks such as Spring or Micronaut. Instead, the system utilises pure Java Servlets and JAX-RS for API development, with some framework-like functionality implemented in-house in idiosyncratic ways.

The role focuses on supporting feature development, addressing legacy bottlenecks primarily related to non-functional requirements, improving QA coverage, and refactoring to enable QA automation. A key part of the position is migrating the application to the company’s internal Platform as a Service (PaaS) deployment platform, which is based on Kubernetes and ArgoCD.

The technology stack includes Java 21 wit...