Software Engineer - Backend - 12 Month Maternity Cover FTC

We're looking for motivated, curious, and collaborative engineers who are excited to build game-changing features with luxury-level polish and reliability. As a Software Engineer - Backend, you will be responsible for building scalable back-end services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot, designing scalable systems and well-defined service interfaces, and writing clean, high-quality code.

Responsibilities:

• Building scalable back-end services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot
• Designing scalable systems and well-defined service interfaces, with a strong understanding of modern software architecture and testing practices
• Writing clean, high-quality code that is easy to test, maintain and extend across both front-end and back-end services
• Driving quality through excellent automated testing practices, including API testing to enable continuous deployment
• Understanding 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
• Using AI tools and practices to enhance product features, improve code quality and optimise engineering workflows
• Building high-performance, reliable and scalable solutions on AWS or similar public cloud infrastructure

Requirements:

• Experience with Java and Spring Boot
• Knowledge of modern software architecture and testing practices
• Familiarity with AWS or similar public cloud infrastructure

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Dog friendly days and spaces
• Generous product discount and gifting