Senior Backend Software Engineer

3 months ago


London, United Kingdom Holland and Barrett Full time

Senior Software Engineer  ( Backend )

 

Please note this is a Hybrid role. On-site office requirements, once every 4-6 weeks in the London and Nuneaton office.


Holland & Barrett International is striving to be the world's leading health and wellness business. Currently the largest in Europe and growing in other markets, the health and wellness of our colleagues and customers is at our heart.  

Technology at H&B 

We're on a mission to make health and wellness a way of life for everyone and technology is at the heart of our future plans to become a leading omni-channel retailer. We're building some great products, and we're investing in the rapidly advancing technology that is helping our customers meet their health and wellness goals. That's why we are currently hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Supply Chain department.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and backend engineers, to develop robust and scalable web applications. You will be responsible for designing and implementing user interfaces, optimizing performance, and ensuring the seamless integration of  Frontend components with the backend infrastructure. You will have a deep understanding of modern Java features. 

Key requirements:

  • As an experienced microservices software engineer you will have built applications which are delivered on cloud-based services in disruptive environments with microservices architectures. 
  • Identify potential systems solutions to business needs, analysing the solution feasibility in conjunction with other senior engineers and technical architects 
  • Research and suggest new open-source tools and techniques that can be utilized in the team 
  • Develop and maintain expertise in best practice development methodologies and techniques 
  • Document proposed solutions to allow sign-off by technical specifications in a clear, concise and structured way  

Skills & Experience:

  • Strong development background and experience with Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful services/APIs.
  • Expertise in microservices architecture design, implementation, and container-based APIs (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with relational database design/optimization (MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora) and using AWS.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD practices, Git/Gitlab, and working in a virtualized environment.
  • Experience with authorization/authentication services, Kafka/messaging middleware, and migrating from legacy software.

Our benefits:

    • We work in an agile environment where you can thrive.
    • We offer a 10% incentive scheme, based on company performance  when we win, so do you
    • Learn from the best at H&B you'll have the opportunity to enhance and expand your skills and shape your career
    • We want you to produce your best, so we provide you with the best tech equipment
    • Stay healthy with a 25% discount on all product ranges to help you live well
    • We like to recognise and celebrate our people with the Colleague Recognition Scheme, so your hard work won't go unnoticed

About H&B:

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.



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