Junior Java Developer

Oliver Bernard; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £45k

Work on high-scale systems

Strong mentorship from experienced engineers

Job summary

A growing tech company is seeking a Junior Java Engineer to join their product engineering team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with high-scale systems and work closely with experienced engineers. Candidates should have at least 2 years of Java experience and strong debugging skills. The position is fully remote within the UK and offers a competitive salary up to £45k, along with significant mentorship and learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial Java experience.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with production systems.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve issues across backend services.
• Debug application behaviour using logs, metrics and monitoring tools.
• Work closely with engineers to reproduce and fix complex problems.
• Contribute improvements and fixes to the codebase.
• Help keep systems stable, reliable and performing well.

Skills

Java experience

Debugging skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

We’re hiring a Junior Java Engineer to join a fast-growing product engineering team working on a large-scale platform used by thousands of businesses.

This is a great opportunity for someone with ~2 years of Java experience who enjoys solving real production problems, debugging systems and improving live services while learning from experienced engineers.

💻 What you’ll be doing

• Investigate and resolve issues across backend services
• Debug application behaviour using logs, metrics and monitoring tools
• Work closely with engineers to reproduce and fix complex problems
• Contribute improvements and fixes to the codebase
• Help keep systems stable, reliable and performing well

✅ What they’re looking for

• 2+ years commercial Java experience
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with production systems
• Comfortable collaborating with engineers across teams

🌟 What’s on offer

• Fully remote within the UK
• Salary up to £45k
• Work on high-scale systems
• Strong mentorship from experienced engineers