Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go‑to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

Location: London (Hybrid - 2 days in the London Office)

Reports to: Engineering Manager

We are on a mission to make home moving easier and simpler. Home movers across the UK spend more than a billion minutes on Rightmove each month and our website and apps receive over 140 million visits per month. To support our mission, we need software engineers with vision and passion to deliver innovative and exciting solutions for our internal users, working on in house applications and microservices integrated with third party applications that underpin how Rightmove operates.

At Rightmove we work in autonomous cross‑functional teams using Agile processes. Each team owns a part of the Rightmove experience made up of design, product, engineering and testing specialists. You will collaborate to ensure we deliver quality solutions that satisfy millions of users, thousands of agents and hundreds of passionate Right movers. You will be responsible for defining solutions to business and technical problems in a way which ensures maintainability, scalability and high‑performance standards.

To find out more about our tools, tech and people, head to ourtech blog.

• Develop new features and improvements using Java 17+, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Gradle, Hibernate, Couchbase, SQL, and Docker.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with internal teams and stakeholders to align on goals and requirements.
• Balance feature development with technical debt, making thoughtful trade‑offs based on timing and impact.
• Ensure high‑quality, secure, and extensible code that meets current and future needs.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and third parties to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Advocate for emerging technologies that drive value and align with the company roadmap.

• Commercial experience with Java 17+, Spring Boot, and Kafka.
• Proven collaboration on complex projects.
• Strong collaboration, coordination, and solution‑oriented mindset.
• Clear understanding of testing best practice and pipeline optimisation.
• Enjoys delivering high quality code and likes to debate the merits of different solutions.
• Has a keen interest in the performance of live applications and how our users use them.
• Wants to use the latest technologies and takes initiative to improve the way the team works.
• Looks to share their knowledge with the rest of the product development team.
• Likes to ask questions and use the experience of those around them.
• Has a sense of ownership and responsibility for the work you and your team deliver.

Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK’s largest choice of properties, and are the go‑to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• We create value by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.
• We think big by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.
• We care deeply by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.
• We move together by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.
• We make a difference by focusing on delivering measurable impact.

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