Senior Java Engineer – Flexible, High-Impact Digital Services

HM Revenue & Customs

Manchester

Hybrid

GBP 45,000 - 48,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working

Civil Service Pension

Generous annual leave

Job summary

HM Revenue & Customs is seeking a Java specialist within the Digital Services division to join an Agile Scrum team. You will design, build and maintain high-volume services used by millions of HMRC online users.

The role requires strong Java 8+ experience, Spring Framework knowledge, and DevOps practices including CI/CD. You will mentor junior developers and contribute to continuous improvement across the service portfolio.

Qualifications

Proven knowledge of Java (8 or newer).
Experience mentoring other developers.
Experience with DevOps practices (CI/CD, Jenkins, Git).
Oracle Certified Professional qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan and lead development activities supporting legislative changes and service enhancements.
Translate user needs into technical solutions.
Develop knowledge of the wider service architecture and support others.
Operate and support live services with monitoring and observability tools.
Contribute to deployments and production releases.
Improve service resilience, stability, and maintainability.
Mentor less experienced developers within the team.
Lead on development work and guide junior team members.
Engage in agile software delivery with a development direction for the team.
Work with Spring Framework to deliver user-centred digital services.
Plan and lead development on related user stories.
Adopt DevOps practices such as CI/CD, unit testing, TDD.