Java Software Engineer

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. 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 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