Louis Thorne
Senior Manager
Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Oxfordshire
Greater London, South East, England
Apply by 2 Nov 2025
£75000 - £90000 per annum
Job Ref.: BH-55831
Job Description
This is a unique opportunity to work across a modern stack (Java, Spring, Angular, Kafka) and navigate the challenges of evolving a legacy platform into a cloud-native, microservice-oriented future.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java RESTful APIs using the Spring framework.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers working in Angular/TypeScript to build modern user interfaces.
- Lead by example with strong, hands-on coding in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Maintain, improve, and occasionally dive deep into complex, messy legacy code — making pragmatic decisions about when to refactor, rewrite, or retire.
- Guide technical decision-making for a complex, evolving architecture — with the opportunity to simplify and shape our future direction.
- Mentor, support, and upskill team members while fostering a positive, delivery-focused team culture.
- Influence stakeholders and contribute to strategic decisions around prioritisation and resource allocation.
- Drive the design and delivery of high-quality, well-tested software that meets user needs and complies with public sector standards.
- Leverage Apache Kafka to support scalable, event-driven system design.
- Write efficient SQL queries and contribute to database design using SQL Server.
- Manage builds, dependencies, and deployment pipelines using Gradle and CI/CD tools