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Accepting applications until: 7 August 2026
Job Description
Your Role: Java Developer
The Commercial Technology team develop and maintain the products that drive the commercial revenues at Global for both the Radio and Outdoor parts of the business. In this role, you will work closely with a suite of microservices developed using Java 17+ (mostly Java 21) and Spring Boot, of which some will be event-driven. You will contribute towards the technical lifecycle of these services, including the CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Terraform), running the services in Kubernetes (EKS on AWS), and monitoring/alerting in a production environment (Prometheus/Grafana).
We are a friendly and close-knit team and work in a highly collaborative, agile environment!
As a Java Developer at Global, You will:
- Developing features (40%): for the business and building on the platform architecture to support future features on the roadmap.
- Collaborating with the development team (30%): You will work closely with other developers, software architects, and product owners to understand project requirements, discuss implementation approaches, and ensure smooth integration of various software components.
- Assisting in software deployment and maintenance (30%): You may assist in deploying services to production environments, troubleshooting issues that arise, and providing support to end-users as needed.
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What You’ll Love About This Role
- Think big: Strive to do what hasn’t been done before
- Own it: Take pride in what you do and do it well
- Keep it simple: Keep it simple to get stuff done
- Better together: We’re team players
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
- Contributed towards the delivery of several features which provide business value.
- Contributed towards several code reviews, providing feedback and actioning feedback from others.
- Gained a proven understanding of the business context and how it relates to the team's deliverables.
- Gained a basic understanding of the team’s system architecture.
What You’ll Need
- Java Expertise: in Java 17/21, Spring Boot, RDBMS and noSQL persistence technologies. Although this role focuses on Java, we use other languages, too, so a willingness to learn them would be encouraged.
- Event architecture: Exposure to publish-subscribe technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ or SNS/SQS
- Testing skills: Experience in writing well-tested code.
- Coaching and Development: Nurturing talent by empowering and guiding individuals to unlock their potential
- Building Trust: Creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where diverse views and experiences are welcomed and celebrated in your team
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Global is home to some of the UK's best-loved radio stations such as Heart, Capital and Classic FM, to name a few, we keep 25.2 million listeners tuned in and entertained each week. And that's just for starters; we’re one of the leading Outdoor advertising companies in the UK, having recently acquired Primesight and Outdoor Plus. With over 35,000 sites covering 95% of the UK population, Global Outdoor packs a punch!
In 2018 we launched our awards ceremony, The Global Awards, to celebrate the biggest stars of music, news and entertainment.
To enable us to deliver the absolute best product to our audiences, we need the absolute best people across a range of disciplines. From Technology and Programming to Marketing and Commercial. From Digital to Finance to Legal and beyond, it’s the diverse mix of skills and people that make Global what it is.
For us, it’s not just about talent, it’s about the right attitude and a personality to match. Simply put, we're passionate about radio, music, media & entertainment - welcome to our world.
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