Cathcart Technology

Cathcart Technology

Altrincham, North West

Senior Developer

Full-Time£60,000 - 70,000 per yearanteayerUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £60,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Strong commercial Java development experience
  • Experience delivering complex features end-to-end
  • Commitment to clean, maintainable and well-tested code
  • Experience with, or genuine interest in, TDD and XP practices
  • Enjoyment of pairing, mentoring and sharing knowledge with other Engineers
  • Comfort contributing to technical discussions and challenging existing approaches
  • Experience working within collaborative Agile engineering teams
  • Strong engineering fundamentals and ability to pick up new technologies
  • Experience with cloud-native or serverless architectures is a bonus
  • AWS experience is a bonus
  • Experience with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code is a bonus
  • Experience building scalable, secure platforms is a bonus
Responsibilities:
  • Work hands-on on large-scale, business-critical systems
  • Join a cross-functional Scrum team alongside Product Managers, UX Designers, Test Analysts and fellow Engineers
  • Take ownership of features from initial idea through to production
  • Mentor other Developers and share knowledge
  • Help raise engineering standards across the team
  • Challenge existing approaches and contribute ideas
  • Influence technical direction and how the team works
Technologies:
  • AWS
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Support
  • Java
  • Serverless
  • TDD
  • XP
  • UX UI Design
  • CI/CD
  • Docker
  • Embedded
  • Kubernetes
  • React
  • Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • Terraform
  • TypeScript
  • Vagrant

More:

We are a long-established technology business building modern platforms at the heart of a complex, highly regulated domain. We work in a remote-first setup with office visits around once per month in South Manchester, and we offer a salary of £60,000 - £70,000 plus bonus and an excellent benefits package. Our engineering culture is built around Agile and XP practices, with a strong focus on TDD, pairing, continuous integration and shared ownership. We also support communities of practice, regular knowledge sharing and dedicated innovation days focused on learning and experimentation. We offer clear progression, strong investment in learning and career development, and an inclusive, sociable engineering culture with regular team and company events.

last updated 36 week of 2026

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About Cathcart Technology

Cathcart Technology

Cathcart Technology

Altrincham

IT

Skills & Technologies

TypeScriptJavaScalaReactSpringAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDRESTAI

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