Java Software Engineer

Opus Recruitment Solutions; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Healthcare

Sports and fitness programmes

Bike schemes

Pension

Health insurance

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency seeks a Senior Engineer to join a team modernizing the software for luxury British sports cars. You will rebuild legacy tools using Java, participate in hands-on vehicle testing, and develop systems that interact with real vehicle functions. Candidates should have experience in Java, Spring Boot, and a passion for car mechanics. The role demands quick ownership and offers a salary range of £40k - £70k, flexible hours, and various benefits including health insurance. Note: 3/4 days onsite are required.

Qualifications

• Full-stack capability in Java and some React.
• Experience with Spring Boot and Maven.
• Interest in automotive systems is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild internal systems using Java and Spring Boot.
• Reverse engineer tools to enhance functionality.
• Participate in vehicle testing to validate software.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Scripting

React

Hands-on testing

Mechanical understanding

Job description

Overview

I’ve partnered with an iconic brand with an unmistakably rich heritage. 🤓

Join a small engineering team modernising the software behind a range of high‑performance luxury British sports cars. You’ll rebuild legacy internal tools into modern Java‑based systems, reverse‑engineer existing code, and test your work directly on brand new sports cars!

What You’ll Do

• Rebuild and modernise internal systems using Java, Java‑based scripting, Spring Boot, Maven, and some React.
• Reverse engineer existing tools to understand current behaviour and re‑implement them more cleanly.
• Develop software that interacts with real vehicle systems across current models.
• Take part in hands‑on vehicle testing to validate functionality.

Who You Are, Senior role

• Comfortable with some hands‑on testing; automotive experience or mechanical understanding is a bonus but not needed.
• Full‑stack capability (Java, scripting, some React).
• Experience with Spring Boot / Maven.
• Quick learner who can take ownership early.
• Interest in how cars work (mechanically or digitally).
• Some exposure to testing (unit, integration, hardware‑adjacent).

Why This Team?

You’ll ship software that directly affects how real sports cars behave. It’s technical, hands‑on, fast‑moving, and ideal for engineers who want to see their work come to life on the road.

We need people immediately so unfortunately cannot accept people with longer than a months notice. Salary can range between £40k - £70k, flexible work hours, healthcare, sports and fitness programmes, bike schemes, pension, health insurance and quick two-stage process! Please note, this is 3/4 days onsite.

Interested?

Interested in learning more? Or know people who might be interested?

Please get in touch ASAP, via email, Rebeka . mulk @ opusrs.com or drop me a line on here to have a quick chat! 📩