Pre-vetted Java developers who join your team and work to your client’s standards. Nearshore on UK hours, or onshore and security-cleared where the work needs it. Daily or hourly rates, no minimum term.
A Java developer builds and maintains back-end software in Java, the language behind much of the software in banking, insurance, government and large enterprises.
On a delivery team, a Java developer typically:
Java developers usually work on larger, longer-lived systems, often for regulated clients. If you need back-end developers across several languages, see our back-end developers.
Java developers make the difference when an enterprise system needs more hands, or when the work has to meet a regulated client’s standards.
Java work varies with the system and the client. These are some of the profiles we supply:
If you need a different mix, tell us what the work involves and we’ll match profiles to it.
One Java developer or a whole team, for as long as the work runs. You can start part-time, for example three days a week moving to five, and scale down with two weeks notice.
Most work nearshore in Central and Eastern Europe on UK hours. Where a client needs people on site, in the UK or with security clearance, developers can work onshore. For US work, developers in LATAM work US hours.
When you hire Java developers through Brightbox, they join your team as associates. They work under your brand and your direction, and we handle the rest.
Time and materials, billed on time you’ve signed off.
No minimum headcount.
Two weeks notice to scale down, either way.
Not the months a permanent hire takes.
If someone isn’t the right fit, we replace them and carry our cost during the handover.
Everything they build is yours.
A management layer around every engagement, so you’re not the one carrying a bad fit.
Our people work under your brand, and we never approach your clients.
Profiles against your brief, usually within a day.
We’re investing in technology to keep improving how quickly and accurately we match people to your brief.
Each engagement starts from what you need delivered, and by when.
One Java developer or a whole team, scaled up or down with two weeks notice.
Product companies, consultancies and systems integrators use Brightbox to add delivery capacity when the work lands.
Java developers are on daily or hourly rates, which depend on seniority and where they work from. Ask and we’ll send a rate card, usually within hours.
Usually within days, rather than the months a permanent hire takes.
Yes. Tell us your stack and we’ll match developers with experience in it, including Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka and your cloud platform.
Yes. Where a client requires people who are onshore, on site or security-cleared, we supply UK-based associates who meet those requirements. Tell us the requirements at the start, so we match the right people. See our security-cleared government associates.
Yes. They can upgrade older Java versions and frameworks, and move parts of a monolith to services a step at a time, inside your team and your release process.
If your systems run on Java, a Java developer brings depth in the language and its ecosystem. If you work across several languages, a back-end developer may suit you better.
Yes. Most work remotely, nearshore in Central and Eastern Europe on UK hours, so they’re online when your team is. Where a client needs people on site, developers can work onshore.
Yes. There’s no minimum term, and you can scale down with two weeks notice. Engagements shorter than about six weeks rarely work, because onboarding takes too much of the time.
You do. Everything they build is yours.
We’ve worked both inside and outside IR35, and we work with a partner to help with status determinations when needed.
Send us a short brief. We’ll come back with profiles and rates, usually within a day.
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