Senior Java Engineer - Platforms, Architecture & Mentorship

PayPoint plc; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ holiday per year, plus bank

Company pension scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Staff Everyday Benefits card offering

Corporate travel scheme with Merseyfi/R

Fabulous kitchen space with free tea/咖

Faith room and dedicated kitchen space

Family friendly leave

Community volunteering policy

Job summary

Love2shop, part of the PayPoint Group, is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to shape digital platforms across web and mobile. You will influence architecture, mentor engineers and collaborate with product teams while exploring a Salesforce ecosystem transformation.

If you’re a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and helping others grow, we’d love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring.
• Experience building modern web applications using React and/or React Native.
• Experience working with large-scale or mature applications.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and third‑party integrations.
• Experience with secure software development and regulated environments.
• Knowledge of modern testing practices and frameworks.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines and Agile delivery.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A passion for mentoring, knowledge sharing and helping teams succeed.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality web and mobile applications using Java and React Native (or React).
• Help shape technical solutions with a focus on scalability, security and maintainability.
• Work closely with Product, Design and QA teams to deliver customer-focused features.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and day-to-day support to engineers across the team.
• Lead code reviews and promote engineering best practice.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, automation and software delivery processes.
• Support secure, compliant development within a regulated payments environment.
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues.
• Participate in an out-of-hours support rota.

Skills

Java

Spring

React/React Native

REST APIs

Secure development

Testing practices

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Agile delivery

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Love2shop, part of the PayPoint Group, is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to shape digital platforms across web and mobile. You will influence architecture, mentor engineers and collaborate with product teams while exploring a Salesforce ecosystem transformation.

If you’re a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and helping others grow, we’d love to hear from you.