Software Engineer (Java) f​/m​/d

Job Description

The job at a glance

Team Mélange builds AI‑ and rule‑based parsing and normalization solutions that turn unstructured job and CV data into structured signals used across the Stepstone marketplace. Our services are consumed as APIs by teams across the organisation.

Join our team and you’ll help build, scale, and operate these services.

Working in the Mélange team you will contribute to backend systems that power data processing across the organisation, working closely with engineers across multiple domains.

This is so important to us. By joining our team, you will play a vital role as we reimagine the labour market to make it work for everybody.

Your responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Java and Python
• Work on event‑driven data pipelines based on Kafka
• Take ownership of services end‑to‑end: design, testing, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• Ensure code quality, including writing and maintaining automated tests
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, ML Engineers, and a Product Manager in a distributed, international team

Your skills and qualifications

• You write clean, testable backend code in Java and/or Python
• You are comfortable working with distributed systems and event‑driven architectures (or willing to grow in this area)
• You take ownership of services across their full lifecycle
• You care about code quality, including automated testing
• You have a pragmatic mindset and focus on delivering working solutions

You don’t need to tick every box to apply – we value different perspectives and are happy to support your growth in areas that are new to you.

Your benefits

• 30 days of holidays plus 2 extra days for Christmas and New Year’s Eve
• Hybrid working model
• Company pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance Cover
• Volunteering days
• Job bike
• Discounted parking or job ticket
• In‑house gym
• In‑house barista
• Bring your dog to the office

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.