# Senior Software Engineer - OTEL experience require - Contract IR35

> Mindera · Leicester, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · — · Posted 2025-10-28

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

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

## Apply

[Apply at Mindera](https://apply.workable.com/minderacraft/j/DC0D331005/apply)

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