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Mindera

Senior Software Engineer - OTEL experience require - Contract IR35

Mindera
United Kingdom · Contract · Mid-Senior

Mindera is looking for a Java Engineer with hands-on experience in OpenTelemetry (OTEL) to join our backend engineering team. You'll play a key role in designing, building, and instrumenting high-performance Java services.

Requirements

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based microservices and backend systems
  • Implement observability best practices using OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for tracing, metrics, and logging
  • Collaborate with platform and DevOps teams to integrate telemetry data with systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, or Tempo
  • Define and maintain instrumentation standards across Java applications to ensure consistency and performance visibility
  • Diagnose complex production issues through telemetry data and performance profiling
  • Contribute to architectural discussions on service design, distributed systems, and monitoring strategy
  • Write clean, efficient, and testable code following best practices in CI/CD and automated testing
  • Mentor junior engineers on observability and instrumentation concepts

Benefits

Competitive day rate

Key Skills

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java microservices prometheus grafana devops cicd
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Posted
Oct 28, 2025
Type
Contract
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Leicester
Company
Mindera

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