Back End Software Developer

Salary: £55,000 - 78,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience in at least 4 of the following: Java 8+, Spring/Spring Boot, designing and developing RESTful microservices, writing unit and integration tests, CI/CD and build tools such as Jenkins, Groovy/Gradle or Maven, AWS, Docker containers and associated tooling
• Demonstrable experience in at least 3 of the following practices and design patterns: server-side and front-end coding, programming best practices such as Clean Code and SOLID, continuous integration and continuous delivery principles, microservice design patterns
• Demonstrable experience in at least 3 of the following: bridging the gap between technical and non-technical teams, translating technical concepts between infrastructure, delivery management and service management, speaking on behalf of technical and development teams to facilitate stakeholder relationships, sharing knowledge and mentoring colleagues
• Proficiency in Java, particularly Spring Boot, and JavaScript would be advantageous
• Knowledge of multiple JavaScript frameworks and tools such as React, Angular, Vue, NodeJS, Redux, TypeScript, Webpack or Jest
• Working experience with MySQL-compatible databases such as MySQL, RDS, Aurora or MariaDB
• Experience with Docker, Bash or shell scripting

Responsibilities:

• Work across technical teams formed of supplier, contract and permanent resource
• Develop new features securely in line with industry best practices
• Provide production support and support fixing application issues
• Identify production and non-production application defects
• Train colleagues and share knowledge
• Look ahead for future opportunities or blockers and ensure team decisions align with the technical direction
• Identify operational improvements and help ensure a stable service that can be enhanced
• Anticipate and mitigate project challenges or risks
• Work with technical architects and other developers to translate architectural designs into operations

Technologies:

• AWS
• Angular
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Docker
• Gradle
• Groovy
• Support
• Java
• JavaScript
• Jenkins
• Jest
• MariaDB
• Maven
• MySQL
• NodeJS
• React
• Redux
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• TypeScript
• Vue
• Webpack
• microservices
• Cloud
• Backend

More:

We are a public sector organisation in Glasgow, and we are looking to recruit a Back-end Software Engineer for an initial 6 month contract with potential to extend. The rate is £496/day outside IR35. The role is remote for the majority of the time, but we require flexibility to attend our Glasgow office as needed, including to collect equipment.

last updated 33 week of 2026