Senior Java Engineer, Dublin

<p><strong><span>Role: Senior Java Engineer</span></strong></p> <p><span>Location: Central Park, Dublin / Hybrid (2 days a week in the office, moving to 3 days in office from Jan 2026)</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Are you an experienced Java Engineer looking to further your career within a leading financial services group?</span></li> <li><span>Do you want to be a part of a high performing team delivering technical excellence?</span></li> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li><span>Are you Customer focussed with a drive for continual improvement? </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><u>What is the Role:</u></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span>The role presents an exciting and challenging opportunity to an experienced Senior Engineer who wants to work in a dynamic workplace environment with a real opportunity to positively influence the direction and outcome of strategic change programmes through best in class design thinking and practices.</span></p> <p><span>Having experience in the development and management of CRM solutions is a requirement for this role. You will be analysing complex business issues and understanding business opportunities in order to build solutions and provide technical and industry leadership knowledge. </span></p> <p><span>This is a superb opportunity for someone who wants to develop and enhance their skillset. You will be working within a high performing technical Delivery team, play a role in cross functional teams with a wide reach across AIB and fill a leading role that will offer experience across a variety of changes.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span>Key accountabilities;</span></strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Take a lead role in the design and development of backend Java services to achieve business Customer First ambition.</span></li> <li><span>Collaborate with our cross functional team to support and influence technical direction, system design and solution architecture.</span></li> <li><span>Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues.</span></li> <li><span>Provide insight and expertise in directing others and ensure maximum productivity by constantly monitoring and improving software development practice.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong><u>What you Will Bring ; </u></strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Strong knowledge of Java/Spring Boot microservice stack.</li> <li>Good understanding of database technologies (DB2/Cassandra) and access mechanisms.</li> <li>Senior level enterprise technology experience, with a proven track record in the delivery of IT enabled change.</li> <li>Some understanding of Eventing/Messaging interfaces like Kafka and MQ.</li> <li>Strong understanding of Application, Information and Infrastructure technologies &amp; practices</li> <li>Some multi-threading experience would be welcome but not mandatory.</li> <li>Experience in leading &amp; developing junior and mid-level engineers is a must.</li> <li>Experience with agile development methodologies.</li> <li>Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate technical issues and strategy to both technical and non-technical audiences at senior levels within the bank.</li> <li>Interpersonal skills - collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u>Why Work for AIB </u></strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span>We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements. </span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><em>Some of our benefits include; </em></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>Market leading Pension Scheme</li> <li>Healthcare Scheme</li> <li>Variable Pay</li> <li>Employee Assistance Programme</li> <li>Family leave options</li> <li>Two volunteer days per year</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span>Please click </span><span><a href="https://jobs.aib.ie/aib/content/What-We-Offer/"><strong>here</strong><span> </span></a></span><span>for further information about AIB’s PACT – Our Commitment to You.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u> </u></strong></p> <p><strong><u> </u></strong></p> <p><strong><u>Key Capabilities</u></strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><span>Breadth of Technical Knowledge</span></strong></li> <li><span>Effectively leverages broad knowledge of the technical disciplines within own area of expertise, as well as the organisation's policies, procedures, programmes and tools, to develop and implement solutions.</span></li> <li><strong><span>System and Technology Integration</span></strong></li> <li><span>Possesses knowledge of features and facilities for integration, and communication among applications, databases and technology platforms to bring together dif