Senior Java Software Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Sunderland; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is looking for a Senior Java Software Engineer to play a crucial role in building and enhancing a procurement platform for public sector clients. In this role, you will design scalable applications, mentor junior team members, and leverage modern cloud practices such as AWS and containerization. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Java, Spring Boot, and DevOps methodologies, and will enjoy a fully remote working environment with attractive benefits and salary package.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Holiday buying scheme

Extra day off on/near your birthday

Salary sacrifice EV scheme

Company bonus

Death in service x4 salary

Cycle to work scheme

Simply Health cash back

Byond card

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must have strong ability in Java and Spring Boot-based applications.
• Significant experience with AWS technology and containerised applications.
• Experience with DevOps processes and mentoring team members.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust applications in AWS.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure code quality.
• Mentor junior developers and guide them in best practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

DevOps

React

TypeScript

CI/CD

Agile Methodologies

Mentoring

Job description

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Posted:

06.06.2025

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21.07.2025

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Job Description:

Senior Java Software Engineer - Java, Spring boot, Terraform, AWS, React, TypeScipt

Location: Remote, occasional travel to the office
Salary: Up to £75,000 + benefits

Why Apply?

Play a pivotal role in designing, building, extending an end to end procurement platform aimed at customers in the public sector. This product is built using a containerised microservices architecture in the AWS. You'll be joining our growing engineering team and working collaboratively with a product team to ensure applications are secure, scalable, performant and aligned to business needs. You will provide technical leadership, mentor colleagues, and actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, making best use of modern cloud practices and innovative solutions.

Senior Java Software Engineer - Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust Java applications hosted in AWS, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Collaborate with team members and QA to achieve high quality and well verified code.
• Implement secure, reliable, and efficient solutions leveraging AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB).
• Collaborate closely with the team to design technical solutions, actively participating in architecture discussions.
• Ensure application code adheres to coding standards, best practices, and is thoroughly tested.
• Take ownership of troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving complex production issues.
• Mentor junior developers by providing guidance, conducting code reviews, and sharing knowledge about Java and AWS best practices.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements to development processes and infrastructure automation using CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions).
• Monitor and optimise application performance and resource utilisation in AWS environments.
• Recommend innovations to drive continuous improvement.

Skills required:

Must have:

• Strong ability in Java and Spring Boot-based applications
• Significant experience of building and maintaining containerised applications in Kubernetes and in building applications with AWS technology.
• Strong understanding of DevOps culture, processes, technical practices and tools, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform)
• Experience with React and TypeScript.
• Experience building and consuming REST web services.
• Experience working with agile methodologies.
• Experience mentoring and providing support to other team members.

Added bonus:

• Python skills would be desirable.
• Understanding of financial systems.

What's in it for me?

• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service (up to 29) plus bank holidays
• Holiday buying scheme (up to 5 days)
• Extra day off on/near your birthday
• Salary sacrifice EV scheme
• Company bonus
• Death in service x4 salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Simply Health cash back
• Byond card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Fully remote with occasional office visits

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.