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Java Software Engineer
Remote (UK)
Consumer Tech | Music
£70,000 - £85,000 + Benefits
My client is a well-established consumer technology business used by millions of people worldwide. They're investing heavily in their engineering team and are looking for a Java Software Engineer to help modernise a platform that's evolved over the last 20 years.
This is a genuine opportunity to work on large-scale backend systems, influence technical decisions and play a key role in rebuilding a core API that supports millions of requests.
If you enjoy solving complex engineering problems, building scalable software and want to work on a product used by millions of people around the world, this is an excellent opportunity.
The Role
Working as part of a collaborative software engineering team, you'll design, build and maintain the backend services that power a large-scale consumer platform.
- One of the first major projects will be helping redesign and rebuild a long-standing public API, improving scalability, reliability and the overall developer experience for third-party integrations.
- Alongside this, you'll work on high-volume data services, distributed systems and cloud-based infrastructure, helping shape the next generation of the platform.
- You'll have plenty of opportunity to contribute ideas, influence architecture and work closely with other engineers and product teams rather than simply delivering tickets.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Designing and developing backend services in Java
- Building and improving scalable REST APIs
- Working with distributed systems and cloud technologies
- Improving performance, reliability and scalability across the platform
- Contributing to architecture and technical design
- Collaborating with engineers and product teams to deliver new features
- Following modern software engineering best practices including Git, CI/CD and automated testing
You'll Ideally Have:
- Around 3-6 years' commercial software engineering experience
- Strong Java development experience
- Experience building or maintaining REST APIs
- Experience working with scalable backend systems
- Knowledge of AWS or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience working within Agile development teams
- A genuine passion for writing clean, maintainable software
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Any Experience With The Following Would Be Beneficial But Isn't Essential:
- Python
- Spring Boot
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Event-driven architectures
- Spark or Hadoop
- PostgreSQL or Redis
- DevOps tooling and cloud infrastructure
Why Apply?
- Fully remote UK role
- Work on a genuinely high-scale consumer platform within the music industry
- Interesting technical challenges involving APIs, distributed systems and cloud engineering
- Opportunity to influence architecture rather than simply maintain existing code
- Join a collaborative engineering team where good ideas are valued
- Salary of £70,000-£85,000 depending on experience
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