Senior Java Backend Developer

Salary: £70,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial Java development experience
• Experience designing and building REST APIs
• Strong SQL and relational database knowledge
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience working within Agile environments
• Linux command line experience
• A passion for writing clean, secure and maintainable code
• Desirable experience with Neo4j or other graph databases
• Desirable experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Desirable experience with AWS or Azure
• Desirable experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Desirable experience with microservices architecture
• Experience within engineering, industrial, manufacturing or other data-intensive environments is desirable

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable Java backend applications and REST APIs
• Build robust, maintainable and secure software solutions
• Work with complex, data-intensive systems
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers and product teams
• Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions
• Improve performance, scalability and code quality
• Write clean, well-tested and maintainable code
• Mentor other developers and contribute to engineering best practice

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Docker
• Frontend
• Java
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Neo4J
• REST
• SQL
• microservices
• Cloud

More:

We are an innovative UK software business developing complex engineering applications used by some of the worlds leading organisations in the energy sector. We are growing our highly experienced engineering team and offer the opportunity to work on genuinely challenging software with real-world impact. You will join a collaborative, supportive engineering culture where quality is valued over process, with excellent long-term career prospects, flexible hybrid working, and a Leatherhead office. This is a full-time, permanent position with a salary of up to £90,000 depending on experience.

last updated 32 week of 2026