Staff Engineer Java

Staff Engineer - Java 17
London, UK (Hybrid)
Permanent
Up to £85,000 + benefits

About the Role

This is a chance to join a global technology leader, working alongside one of the UK's most recognisable retail brand, on a large-scale transformation of its digital and engineering ecosystem.

You'll be part of a modern, product-led engineering environment, helping shape systems that operate at enterprise scale, with a real focus on innovation, resilience, and customer impact.

What you'll be doing

• As a Staff Engineer, this is more than a senior coding role, you'll act as a technical authority, combining deep hands-on delivery with architecture ownership and engineering leadership.
• Build and evolve Back End services using Java 17 and Spring Boot
• Design and implement event-driven architectures using Kafka, including schema evolution, idempotent consumers, and resilient messaging patterns
• Contribute to system design and architectural decisions across complex, distributed platforms
• Drive cloud-native engineering practices, working across modern cloud stacks (AWS/Azure)
• Champion CI/CD and Dev Ops excellence, with strong exposure to Jenkins and pipeline automation
• Promote engineering best practices across testing, observability, and secure development
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