Java Software Engineer — Cloud-Native APIs & Microservices

DWP Digital; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Civil service pension

26–31 days annual leave

Flexi-time days

Professional development

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Java Software Engineer to help develop and support modern cloud-first services for Debt Services, impacting UK public services.

You’ll join a multidisciplinary team delivering Debt Management and Compensation Recovery products, leveraging Java 21+, Spring Boot, Azure, Azure Service Bus, PostgreSQL and MongoDB to build secure, scalable solutions at national scale.

Qualifications

• Experience developing APIs, RESTful services and microservice architectures.
• Experience working within cloud platforms such as Azure.
• Knowledge of event-driven technologies, including messaging platforms such as Azure Service Bus.
• Strong understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD).
• Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB.
• Experience working in agile multidisciplinary teams to deliver user-centred digital services.
• Proven experience developing large-scale systems using Java 21+ and open-source technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support modern digital services as part of DWP's Debt Services function.
• Join a multidisciplinary team delivering products that support Debt Management and Compensation Recovery services, helping recover approximately £3 billion every year while protecting some of the most vulnerable people in society.
• Using technologies including Java 21, Spring Boot, Azure, Azure Service Bus, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and event-driven architectures, contribute to the design, development and operation of secure, scalable and resilient products used at national scale.
• We’re proud of our collaborative engineering culture where teams are empowered to take ownership of their products, champion software craftsmanship, share knowledge and continuously improve the way we build and operate services.
• You'll also play an important role in DWP's wider engineering community, helping to promote best practice, support colleagues and influence the future direction of software engineering across one of the UK's largest digital organisations.

Skills

APIs

Azure

Event-driven

TDD/BDD

SQL/NoSQL

Agile teams

Java 21+

Tools

Spring Boot

Azure Service Bus

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

DWP Digital is seeking a Java Software Engineer to help develop and support modern cloud-first services for Debt Services, impacting UK public services.

You’ll join a multidisciplinary team delivering Debt Management and Compensation Recovery products, leveraging Java 21+, Spring Boot, Azure, Azure Service Bus, PostgreSQL and MongoDB to build secure, scalable solutions at national scale.