Software Engineer - Java

Causeway Technologies; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension (4% match)

Private Medical Insurance

Dental/Wellbeing benefits

Hybrid working

Job summary

Causeway Technologies in Middlesbrough is seeking a Software Engineer to join our hybrid team. You will shape software used by thousands and help deliver high-quality solutions across the build lifecycle.

You will design, code, test, and deploy features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. This role focuses on modern web technologies and robust software delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java development and software testing practices.
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL.
• Understanding APIs/REST and integration patterns.
• Awareness of quality standards and best practices in software engineering.
• Experience with Agile (Kanban) methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, and debug software components, ensuring quality standards are met.
• Provide product support and move legacy features to newer web technologies.
• Write clean, well-documented code following best practices.
• Estimate effort and manage small to medium tasks within sprints.
• Collaborate with team members to meet product requirements and timelines.
• Identify process inefficiencies and propose actionable improvements.
• Ensure security considerations are integrated into development work.
• Commit to continuous personal and professional development and share knowledge.

Skills

Java

MySQL

APIs/REST

Unit testing

Agile (Kanban)

Quality standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure DevOps

Job description

Middlesbrough - Hybrid

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Software Engineer

Middlesbrough - Hybrid

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple; to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction like industries across the entire build life cycle.

If you are looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.

We embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.

Purpose

Our technology is used by thousands of companies and affects millions of lives. You will be responsible for the quality of software development and deployment. You will be involved in performing and creating automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose. Some of the key duties include analysis of software and systems, mitigating risk and preventing software issues.

The Software Engineer will report to the Engineering Lead.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Technical Delivery
• Technical Innovation
• Support the delivery of Software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, and debug technical solutions including complex components, ensuring quality standards are achieved.
• Provide product support (fixing defects) in older technologies where required, including active involvement in moving the legacy product forward into newer web technologies.
• Write clean, well-designed documented/commented code, following best practices.
• Estimate effort required to accomplish requirements and ensure that schedules are met.
• Collaborate with other team members to help specify, design, and develop software, meeting product requirements.
• Identify process deficiencies and propose and implement solutions and improvements.
• Ensure that technical implementation is technically sound, defect rates are minimised, and products are inexpensive to maintain and support.
• Work with the security team to ensure data security standards are always met.
• Ensure that technical implementation is technically sound, defect rates are minimised, and products are inexpensive to maintain and support.
• Take responsibility for your personal development, ensuring that knowledge and skills are up to date and maintained, including emerging trends that may be relevant to solutions being developed.
• Continuously strive for innovative solutions and make suggestions for improvements that will provide benefit to the business in terms of improved efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity.
• Be willing to listen to and support colleagues with professional problems, devoting time to sharing knowledge, infusing confidence, and expressing positive expectations.

Essential

Key Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Experience in Java.
• Good understanding and experience of MySQL
• Understanding of APIs / REST.
• Experience in unit testing.
• Good knowledge of quality standards, legislation and best practice.
• Awareness of current trends and developments in software engineering.
• Experience with Agile (Kanban) methodologies and project management.
• Ability to identify technical risks and propose alternative solutions.
• Degree level or equivalent education preferred in a relevant subject such as computer science, computer engineering, information management systems, software development or business information systems.

Desirable

• Experience in TypeScript/Angular would be advantageous
• Awareness and experience of GCP and/or AWS plus Azure DevOps
• Highly developed attention to detail.

What you get from us

If you're looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. We believe everyone at Causeway has a vital role to play in our success. Causeway is fuelled by curiosity and is a place for people who beam with positivity and burn with ambition.

Our team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. In fact, we give well-being the same priority as our other business goals. We’re strong advocates of work-life balance, offering hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.

Our Values

We are United. As part of a team, we’re better together.

We are Agile. Be the change, we’re on a journey.

We are Trusted. Do the right thing, we own this.

We are Driven. Get stuck in, we make it happen.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.
• 4% matched pension.
• Income protection and life assurance.
• Access to our award-winning benefits platform.
• We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.
• £100 allowance towards a fitness club.
• Dell discounts.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Paid study leave + volunteering days.
• Car Scheme.

Like all responsible companies Causeway is aware of the need to recognise the importance of protecting our environment and addressing the climate emergency. Causeway is a carbon neutral company and we offset our calculated carbon footprint. However, we recognise that offsetting is not a permanent solution, so we set environmental objectives to reduce our footprint year-on-year.