Software Engineer - Backend

Phorest; Northern Ireland; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Wellness days

Employee assistance program

Pension

Life Assurance

Bike to work

Job summary

Phorest is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Engineering team. You will design, build and maintain scalable backend services powering thousands of salons and spas globally, using Java, RESTful APIs and modern cloud technologies such as Docker and Serverless.

You will work with product managers and designers to translate business requirements into robust, shippable features, while advocating code quality and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable backend services and systems.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to translate requirements into features.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, focusing on performance and scalability.
• Write clean, well-tested code following engineering best practices.
• Build and improve RESTful APIs and integrations for the platform.
• Own features from design to deployment and ongoing improvement.
• Participate in code reviews and support the growth of other engineers.
• Identify opportunities to improve systems and development processes.
• Stay curious about emerging technologies and adopt useful tools.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

Distributed systems

JavaScript

Code quality

Testing

Tools

Docker

Serverless

Job description

Who we are

Phorest started in 2002 on a busy salon reception desk as a simple text-reminder tool.

Today, we're a SaaS company and a trusted partner to over 155,000 hair, beauty and medspa professionals worldwide. Our all-in-one software and AI-driven tools help them manage bookings, take payments, market their services, grow their client base and get the best from their teams.

Everything we build helps the salon and medspa industry thrive.

We're also a Certified B Corp, and 25% of the company is owned by Phoresters. When the company grows, everyone has a stake in that.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Engineering team at Phorest.

You'll work alongside talented engineers, product managers and designers to build and improve the technology that powers thousands of salons, spas and MedSpas around the world.

This is an opportunity to work on a large-scale, distributed platform, solving interesting technical challenges and building software that makes a real difference to the businesses that use Phorest every day.

Our technology stack includes Java, event-driven architecture and modern cloud technologies such as Docker and Serverless. We value clean code, pragmatic decision-making and continuous improvement, with feature flags and continuous delivery helping us get great work into production quickly.

You'll join a collaborative, supportive team where you'll have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, share your knowledge and continue developing your skills.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop and maintain scalable, reliable backend services and systems.

• Work closely with engineers, product managers and designers to turn business requirements into well-designed, shippable features.

• Contribute to technical design discussions, making informed decisions about architecture, performance and scalability.

• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, following engineering best practices.

• Build and improve RESTful APIs and integrations that support our platform.

• Take ownership of features from initial design through to deployment and ongoing improvement.

• Participate in code reviews, share knowledge and support the development of other engineers.

• Identify opportunities to improve our systems, development processes and overall engineering standards.

• Stay curious about emerging technologies and bring a practical approach to introducing new tools and solutions where they add value.

Who You Are

• You have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Java and object-oriented software design.

• You have experience designing, building and maintaining backend services in a production environment.

• You're comfortable working with RESTful APIs, with GraphQL experience being a bonus.

• You have a good understanding of JavaScript and modern web technologies.

• You understand the principles of scalable, distributed systems and can reason about technical trade-offs.

• You care about code quality, testing, maintainability and building software that lasts.

• You're confident contributing to technical discussions and sharing your ideas and opinions.

• You're a collaborative team player who enjoys working across disciplines and supporting others.

• You're proactive, take ownership of your work and look for ways to improve how things are done.

• You have a growth mindset, enjoy learning and know when to adopt new technologies and when to keep things simple.

Benefits

Your wellbeing is important to us - we provide private healthcare, 2 Wellness Days, an employee assistance program and a free online GP service.

As part of our Financial Wellbeing, we provide competitive Compensation, an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection.

We help you travel by providing a bike to work scheme as well as tax saver transport tickets.

We support the women who work in Phorest by offering 2 weeks leave for Fertility Treatment, Pregnancy Loss and Menopause.

We care for your family and provide Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Benefits.

We grow our own timber! We provide a great learning environment and extensive development opportunities. We run development programs and provide access to many online resources including LinkedIn learning.

Moving house? Phorest employees get 3 moving days.

Want to learn more about Phorest? Check out nothingventured.rocks for our blog and Insights on building an evergreen company from the team here at Phorest.

Phorest is an equal opportunity employer. For this position, flexi-time and working from home is possible. We are also open to remote work.