Backend Java Engineer: Microservices, Cloud and TDD

Rightmove; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension

Life insurance

27 days holiday + volunteering days

Job summary

Rightmove is seeking a software engineer to join our Native Apps engineering group in the UK. You will develop scalable Java services powering our iOS and Android experiences, collaborate with product, design and data teams, and drive improvements with modern engineering practices.

You’ll contribute to microservices alongside Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Docker, while advocating automated testing and production-readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining Java-based applications.
• Understanding of testing and TDD practices.
• Analytical and collaborative approach to solving problems.
• Commitment to clean, scalable code.
• Curiosity about production performance and user interaction.
• Proactive learning and team improvement mindset.
• Ability to share knowledge and contribute to team culture.
• Ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality solutions.
• Experience across the full stack or exposure to mobile platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud and container tech such as Kubernetes and GCP.
• Experience with productionising AI models and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, reliable, and scalable software for production environments.
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams to power iOS and Android apps.
• Design solutions to complex business and technical challenges.
• Apply modern engineering practices and champion experimentation.
• Advocate for automated testing and TDD across the team.
• Build and improve microservices using Java and related tech.
• Design APIs and services for mobile experiences.
• Contribute to technical discussions and prioritise features.
• Review code and mentor others, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve systems.
• Explore new technologies to enhance workflows.
• Partner with product, data, and design for meaningful outcomes.
• Identify and resolve production issues by analysing logs.
• Contribute to scalable, secure, maintainable system design.
• Work with Product, UX, QA, and Data to deliver high-quality features.

Skills

Java

TDD

Analytical thinking

Collaborative

Ownership

Full stack exposure

Tools

Spring Boot

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Gradle

Hibernate

Couchbase

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Job description

Rightmove is seeking a software engineer to join our Native Apps engineering group in the UK. You will develop scalable Java services powering our iOS and Android experiences, collaborate with product, design and data teams, and drive improvements with modern engineering practices.

You’ll contribute to microservices alongside Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Docker, while advocating automated testing and production-readiness.