Principal Backend Engineer - Hybrid (Java/Spring)

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Pension

Life Insurance

27 days holiday

Hybrid work practice

Job summary

Rightmove's consumer product-domain builds what most people picture when they think of Rightmove. This is a senior, cross-domain role designed to drive impact across multiple teams, deepen architectural thinking, and raise the bar on technical execution, product delivery, and long-term platform health.

Your technical grounding is in Java and Spring Boot, and you connect technical decisions to user and business outcomes while collaborating with engineering managers, product leads, and domain

Qualifications

• Senior, cross-domain role driving impact across multiple teams and architectures.
• Experience with designing and delivering complex systems with business/user impact.
• Interest in AI-driven development and practical judgment on its value.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of scalable, resilient systems across domain boundaries.
• Shape architectural direction aligned with strategic goals.
• Partner with Engineering and Product Managers to guide scoping and sequencing.
• Mentor and coach senior engineers and tech leads.

Job description

Rightmove's consumer product-domain builds what most people picture when they think of Rightmove. This is a senior, cross-domain role designed to drive impact across multiple teams, deepen architectural thinking, and raise the bar on technical execution, product delivery, and long-term platform health.

Your technical grounding is in Java and Spring Boot, and you connect technical decisions to user and business outcomes while collaborating with engineering managers, product leads, and domain