2967 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- We are looking for an existing Lead or Senior Java Developer with strong experience in Spring-based development.
- We need someone with proven experience driving engineering improvements, best practice, and code quality.
- We require a leader who can balance technical delivery with people management in a 50/50 leadership and hands-on role.
- We need experience leading or guiding a team of engineers, ideally around 6, with a minimum of 3.
- We are looking for strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to translate architectural direction into clear engineering action.
- We need confidence across backend systems, API development, and database interaction, particularly Oracle and SQL.
- We value awareness of modern DevOps, CI/CD, cloud technologies, and emerging technology trends.
- Exposure to Azure or other cloud-based environments would be beneficial.
- Any practical experience applying AI in tooling, integrations, or product features would be an advantage.
- We cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Responsibilities
- We want you to lead technical delivery while remaining close enough to the code to guide engineering decisions.
- We want you to manage and support a technical team, providing structure, clarity, and consistency.
- We expect you to work closely with architecture and senior stakeholders to translate technical direction into actionable delivery.
- We want you to champion clean code, development standards, and engineering best practice.
- We expect you to help improve code quality and continuously raise engineering standards across the team.
- We want you to contribute to the evolution of the teams technical capability, including future full-stack development direction.
- We want you to participate in discussions around cloud adoption, particularly Azure.
- We want you to contribute to the exploration and application of AI in internal tooling and future product capability.
- We expect you to help build scalable, maintainable backend systems that support real-world operations at scale.
Description
We are a globally connected business operating at the heart of international trade, and we work within a subsidiary that builds software directly influencing whether goods can move through the countrys ports. Our technology function is undergoing significant investment as we modernise and evolve our platforms, including the use of AI in production. This is a hybrid role based in Southampton, with one day per week in the office, offering a salary of £73,000 to £75,000 plus a 10% bonus, 8% pension, private medical cover, life assurance, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. You will join a collaborative team of 6, where you can influence both technical direction and team culture, with the stability of a multinational and the close collaboration of an SME.
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