Software Engineer – Backend, Maternity Cover FTC

Responsibilities

• Build scalable back‑end services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Design scalable systems and well‑defined service interfaces, demonstrating a strong understanding of modern software architecture and testing practices.
• Write clean, high‑quality code that is easy to test, maintain, and extend across both front‑end and back‑end services.
• Drive quality through excellent automated testing practices, including API testing to enable continuous deployment.
• Understand how modern web applications work end to end, from browser HTTP requests and API calls through to service‑layer logic, data handling, and page rendering.
• Use AI tools and practices to enhance product features, improve code quality, and optimise engineering workflows.
• Build high‑performance, reliable and scalable solutions on AWS or similar public cloud infrastructure.
• Any experience building modern mobile‑first web applications and components using React, Type Script or Next.js is beneficial.

• Use Java with Spring Boot in an AWS (Amazon Web Services) environment for back‑end development.
• Front‑end technologies:
  React, Redux, Type Script, Node.js, Next.js, SCSS, and testing tools such as Jest, Enzyme, React Testing Library, and Cypress.
• Orchestrate test and deployment processes using CircleCI with Git Hub and Maven.
• Integrate Contentful and Elastic Path as content and commerce engines, respectively.
• Use Optimizely to run A/B testing on built features.

Demonstrates expertise in building scalable back‑end services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot, while also possessing strong front‑end development skills with React, Type Script, and modern testing practices. Proficient in leveraging AWS for high‑performance solutions and utilizing AI tools to enhance product features and optimise workflows.

• Java Development
• Spring Boot Framework
• AWS Cloud Infrastructure
• React Application Development
• Automated Testing Practices

• Java
• Spring Boot
• React
• Type Script
• Node.js
• Next.js
• SCSS
• Jest
• Cypress
• Maven

• API Development
• Microservices Architecture
• Continuous Deployment
• A/B Testing
• Web Application Development

• CircleCI
• Git Hub
• Contentful
• Elastic Path
• Optimizely