Senior Backend Software Engineer

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Senior Backend Software Engineer, London

Client: Holland and Barrett

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 66725f8d7772

Job Views: 11

Posted: 26.04.2025

Expiry Date: 10.06.2025

Job Description:

Please note this is a Hybrid role. On-site office requirements, once every 4-6 weeks in the London and Nuneaton office.

Holland & Barrett International is striving to be the world's leading health and wellness business. Currently the largest in Europe and growing in other markets, the health and wellness of our colleagues and customers is at our heart.

Technology at H&B

We're on a mission to make health and wellness a way of life for everyone and technology is at the heart of our future plans to become a leading omni-channel retailer. We're building some great products, and we're investing in the rapidly advancing technology that is helping our customers meet their health and wellness goals. That's why we are currently hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Supply Chain department.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and backend engineers, to develop robust and scalable web applications. You will be responsible for designing and implementing user interfaces, optimizing performance, and ensuring the seamless integration of frontend components with the backend infrastructure. You will have a deep understanding of modern Java features.

Key requirements:

• As an experienced microservices software engineer, you will have built applications delivered on cloud-based services in disruptive environments with microservices architectures.
• Identify potential system solutions to business needs, analyzing the solution feasibility in conjunction with other senior engineers and technical architects.
• Research and suggest new open-source tools and techniques that can be utilized in the team.
• Develop and maintain expertise in best practice development methodologies and techniques.
• Document proposed solutions to allow sign-off by technical specifications in a clear, concise, and structured way.

Skills & Experience:

• Strong development background and experience with Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful services/APIs.
• Expertise in microservices architecture design, implementation, and container-based APIs (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with relational database design/optimization (MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora) and using AWS.
• Proficiency in CI/CD practices, Git/Gitlab, and working in a virtualized environment.
• Experience with authorization/authentication services, Kafka/messaging middleware, and migrating from legacy software.
• Experience working in an agile environment.