Software Engineer - Universal Search

📋 Description

• Picked up a ticket to add a new field from an external data source, such as a driving licence or
• Built or extended a Java and Spring Boot backend service for a third-party integration, writing
• Written unit and integration tests for your changes, and learned from teammates when each type of
• Used AI-assisted development tools (we use Claude Code) to help you write, understand and debug
• Taken a ticket all the way through our development process (design, code, review, test, deploy
• Looked into a bug reported by a customer using logs and Datadog dashboards, traced it to its root

🎯 Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or 2+ years of relevant full-time
• Experience developing applications in Java and a solid grasp of object-oriented programming and
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and how backend services talk to each other and to external systems.
• A foundational understanding of databases (e.g. SQL) and how applications store, retrieve and
• Familiarity with version control (Git), automated testing and code reviews, and an interest in
• A willingness to learn debugging and monitoring tools, and to dig into problems methodically.

🎁 Benefits

• 28 days holiday plus UK bank holidays
• Private medical, dental, and vision insurance through AXA Health and BUPA, fully paid for you and
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus a ramp-back programme
• Income protection (75% of salary) and death in service cover (4x salary), fully paid
• Pension through Nest with 3% employer contribution
• Gym reimbursement for you and your partner