Senior Software Engineer

Royal Mail Group; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Mail Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its digital transformation team in London. In this pivotal role, you'll help re-architect the Event Processing System into a scalable, event-driven platform, utilizing technologies like Kafka and containerized microservices. We're looking for someone with strong backend development expertise, particularly in Java, and a passion for clean code and best engineering practices. Enjoy a competitive salary with additional benefits in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Healthcare

Annual bonus potential

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Family friendly support

Discounts and offers

Support with wellbeing

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience with Java and REST APIs.
• Experience with high-throughput or distributed systems required.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable, resilient backend systems.
• Shape cloud-ready, service-aligned architecture.
• Champion engineering best practices like TDD and CI/CD.

Skills

Backend engineering

Java

REST APIs

SQL

Clean code

Communication

Mentoring skills

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Job reference 325356
Senior Software Engineer
Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time

London Farringdon x3 days a week

Extra Benefits

Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
Supportive and generous company sick pay
Your Wellbeing -you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Senior Engineer - Event Processing System (EPS)
London | Hybrid (3 days in office)

Join Royal Mail at a pivotal moment in our digital transformation. We're re-engineering the core of a network that handles over 17 billion items annually-and we're doing it in the cloud.

As aSenior Engineer, you'll help re-architect our mission-criticalEvent Processing System (EPS)-the backbone of parcel and letter tracking-into a scalable, event-driven platform using technologies likeKafka,containerised microservices, andmulti-cloud infrastructure.

What You'll Do

• Design and deliver scalable, resilient backend systems.
• Shape cloud-ready, service-aligned architecture.
• Champion engineering best practices (TDD, CI/CD, clean code).
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver impactful solutions.
• Guide third-party development to meet technical standards.

What You'll Bring

• Strong backend engineering experience (Java 11+, REST APIs, SQL).
• Experience with high-throughput or distributed systems.
• Passion for clean, maintainable code and infrastructure as code.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

Bonus Points For

• Spring Boot, Go, or Node.js experience.
• Cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, or event-driven architecture.
• GitOps, Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a multi-year transformation shaping the future of Royal Mail's digital platforms. You'll work in agile teams that value innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement-making a real impact at national scale.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 23rd June 2025 Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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