Java Developer

SF Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software house in Manchester is seeking a Java Developer to join their innovation team. The role offers hybrid working with opportunities to build complex, scalable applications. Candidates should have over 4 years of Java experience and familiarity with frameworks like Spring. A strong commitment to employee wellbeing and career development is emphasized, including a generous salary of up to £80,000 and numerous benefits such as flexible working hours and extensive career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Starting salary of up to £80,000

Long term remote working

Company ownership shares

Electric company car scheme

Flexible working hours

2 promotion opportunities each year

Best in class physical & mental wellbeing scheme

Private pension scheme

Training and personal development budget

Wellbeing protection

25 days holiday plus bank holiday

Choice of technology

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in Java development.
• Experience with frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot.
• Familiar with RDBMS, particularly NoSQL databases like MongoDB.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the innovation arm by building complex greenfield applications.
• Work with the latest AI and automation technologies.
• Engage in continuous learning and development.

Skills

Java experience

Spring framework

NoSQL/MongoDB

Troubleshooting (Splunk, ELK)

Git version control

Docker

Kubernetes

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure)

Microservices/serverless architecture

Job description

Java Developer is sought on hybrid basis by a market leading software house based in Manchester.

This Java Developer would be joining the innovation arm of the business tasked with building complex, highly scalable greenfield solutions utilised worldwide to deliver critical infrastructure. As such experience working on enterprise level applications would be a plus.

Due to the R&D driven culture within this team this Java Developer will be given opportunities to learn and work with the latest AI & automation technologies developing applications using a modern microservices, automated architecture.

With a real commitment to employee wellbeing and personal development this Java Developer can expect long term commitment to remote, flexible working and a defined progression path with 2 self‑promotion opportunities a year alongside company‑wide commitment to wellbeing by providing a best in class physical and mental wellbeing programme.

Key Skills

• 4 years plus of Java experience
• Strong framework experience (Spring, Spring Boot etc.)
• RDBMS experience - NoSQL, MongoDB etc.
• Troubleshooting exposure – Splunk, ELK etc.
• Git version control
• Containerisation experience – Docker, Kubernetes etc.
• TDD experience
• Awareness of cloud technologies would be useful – AWS, Azure
• Microservices/ serverless architecture understanding

Benefits

• Starting salary of up to £80,000
• Long term remote working (twice a month in the office)
• Company ownership shares
• Electric company car scheme
• Long term hybrid working
• Flexible working hours
• 2 promotion and salary review opportunities each year
• Best in class physical & mental wellbeing scheme
• Private pension scheme
• Training and personal development budget and time allocation
• Wellbeing protection (death in service, critical illness cover, income protection)
• Extensive career progression opportunities
• 25 days holiday plus bank holiday with holiday buy & sell scheme
• Choice of technology

So if you are a Java Developer who likes the idea of building greenfield applications within an autonomous, innovative team that will positively impact millions of people then please apply now to be considered.

Java Developer
Up to £80,000
Java, Microservices, AWS, RDBMS, Splunk, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, TDD