Senior Backend Engineer – Java/Spring Boot (Kafka) | Hybrid London

Rightmove; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash plan for dental, optical, and physiotherapy treatments

Private Medical Insurance

27 days holiday plus two paid volunteering days

Travel Loans and Bike to Work scheme

Discounts on travel and electronics

Job summary

Rightmove is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance our platform with innovative solutions. Your role will involve designing and developing features that support millions of users, while collaborating with various teams to deliver successful projects.

We are looking for candidates with strong experience in Java 17+, Spring Boot, and Kafka. This position offers a hybrid work model, with a minimum of 2 days in the London office, along with an attractive benefits package including private medical insurance and 27 days of holiday.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java 17+, Spring Boot, and Kafka.
• Successfully led complex projects, coordinating work across multiple engineers.
• Deep understanding of TDD practices and pipeline optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new features and enhancements.
• Collaborate with teams to align on priorities.
• Take ownership of key decisions and deliver projects end-to-end.
• Write high-quality, secure, and extensible code.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Gradle

Hibernate

Couchbase

SQL

Docker

Job description

Rightmove is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance our platform with innovative solutions. Your role will involve designing and developing features that support millions of users, while collaborating with various teams to deliver successful projects.

We are looking for candidates with strong experience in Java 17+, Spring Boot, and Kafka. This position offers a hybrid work model, with a minimum of 2 days in the London office, along with an attractive benefits package including private medical insurance and 27 days of holiday.