Mid-Level Engineer in City

CPS Group (UK) Limited; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Pension

Birthday leave

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

CPS Group (UK) Ltd is recruiting a Mid-Level Software Engineer for a Cardiff-based hybrid role. You will develop and maintain applications using Java and Spring Boot, with PostgreSQL as the database, contributing to production releases and system improvements.

The role emphasizes ownership of features from development through deployment, plus collaboration with QA and CI/CD processes. Strong communication and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL.
• Experience delivering software features into production.
• Knowledge of automated testing and CI/CD.
• Strong problem‑solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Work with PostgreSQL, SQL and database migrations.
• Build, test and deploy features into production.
• Write automated tests and participate in code reviews.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-hosted systems.
• Troubleshoot issues and improve software performance, security and quality.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Testing

Problem solving

Tools

AWS

Jenkins

React

TypeScript

Job description

Mid-Level Software Engineer (Java / Spring Boot)

Location: Cardiff - Hybrid (3 Days a week in office)

Salary: Up to 55,000 + bonus up to 11,000

We're looking for a Mid-Level Software Engineer to join a growing technology business.

You'll join an established engineering team, developing new features and improving existing applications using Java, Spring Boot and PostgreSQL. This is a hands‑on role offering the opportunity to take ownership of projects from development through to production while contributing to technical decisions and supporting junior developers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Work with PostgreSQL, SQL and database migrations.
• Build, test and deploy features into production.
• Write automated tests and participate in code reviews.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-hosted systems.
• Troubleshoot issues and improve software performance, security and quality.

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL.
• Experience delivering software features into production.
• Knowledge of automated testing and CI/CD.
• Strong problem‑solving and communication skills.

Desirable: AWS, React, TypeScript, Jenkins, fintech or lending experience.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to 55,000 plus bonus potential up to 11,000.
• Hybrid working in Cardiff.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Private health insurance and pension.
• Additional benefits, including birthday leave and salary sacrifice schemes.

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