Java Developer

  • SF Recruitment
  • City, Manchester
  • 09/01/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Java SQL

Job Description

Java Developer is sought on hybrid basis by a market leading software house based in Manchester.

This Java Developer would be joining the innovation arm of the business tasked with building complex, highly scalable greenfield solutions utilised worldwide to deliver critical infrastructure. As such experience working on enterprise level applications would be a plus.

Due to the R&D driven culture within this team this Java Developer will be given opportunities to learn and work with the latest AI & automation technologies developing applications using a modern microservices, automated architecture.

With a real commitment to employee wellbeing and personal development this Java Developer can expect long term commitment to remote, flexible working and a clearing defined progression path with 2 self promotion opportunities a year alongside companywide commitment to wellbeing by providing a best in class physical and mental wellbeing program.

This Java Developer based near Manchester should have most of the following key skills:

- 4 years plus of Java experience
- Strong framework experience (spring, Spring boot etc)
- RDBMS experience - NoSQL, MongoDB etc
- Troubleshooting exposure - Splunk, ELK etc
- Git version control
- Containerization experience - Docker, Kubernetes etc
- TDD experience
- Awareness of cloud technologies would be useful - AWS, Azure
- Microservices/ serverless architecture understanding

This Java Developer based near Manchester will receive:

- Starting salary of up to £80,000
- Long term remote working (twice a month in the office)
- Company ownership shares
- electric company car scheme
- long term hybrid working
- Flexible working hours
- 2 promotion and salary review opportunities each year
- Best in class physical & mental wellbeing scheme
- Private pension scheme
- Training and personal development budget and time allocation
- Wellbeing protection (death in service, critical illness cover, income protection)
- Extensive career progression opportunities
- 25 days holiday plus bank holiday with holiday buy & sell scheme
- Choice of technology
So if you are a Java Developer who likes the idea of building greenfield applications within an autonomous, innovative team that will positively impact millions of people then please apply now to be considered.
Java Developer
Up to £80,000
Java, Microservices, AWS, RDBMS, Splunk, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, TDD