Backend Engineer (Java 21+, Spring Boot, Kafka)

Legal Counsel - 12 month FTC at Rightmove Greenhouse; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Pension

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Plan

27 days holiday

Job summary

Rightmove is seeking a Backend Engineer in London on a hybrid basis to design, build and maintain scalable services. You will work in a cross-functional team, collaborate with product and design, own features from concept to production, and contribute to architecture decisions.

The role emphasizes code quality, observability, and delivering impact across millions of users. You will work with Java 21+, Spring Boot, Kafka, and related tech in a fast-paced environment that values collaboration,

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience with Java 21+ and Spring Boot.
• Experience building scalable services and microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with messaging systems like Kafka and data stores such as Elasticsearch/Couchbase/SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and enhance backend services using Java 21+ and Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Engineering to solve meaningful business challenges.
• Own features from idea through production and drive technical decisions.
• Ensure secure, scalable, and maintainable software across production systems.
• Monitor performance and reliability, reduce technical debt.

Skills

Java 21+

Spring Boot

Kafka

Tools

Elasticsearch

Couchbase

SQL

Docker

Gradle

Job description

Rightmove is seeking a Backend Engineer in London on a hybrid basis to design, build and maintain scalable services. You will work in a cross-functional team, collaborate with product and design, own features from concept to production, and contribute to architecture decisions.

The role emphasizes code quality, observability, and delivering impact across millions of users. You will work with Java 21+, Spring Boot, Kafka, and related tech in a fast-paced environment that values collaboration,