Java Software Engineer

Java Software Engineer (AVP)

Title: Java Software Engineer (AVP)

Location: Knutsford, Manchester (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)

Salary: Up to £65,500 base + bonus

Overview

We’re working with a Tier 1 financial services organisation investing in its retail digital platform and customer access systems.

They are hiring a Java Software Engineer (AVP) to contribute to the build and evolution of customer-facing platforms, with a focus on APIs, identity workflows, and secure access journeys.

This role sits within a team responsible for orchestrating application flows across multiple systems, including modern APIs and legacy mainframe environments.

The Role

You will contribute to the development of Java-based services supporting a large-scale retail customer platform.

Key focus areas include:

• Building and enhancing platform APIs
• Integrating with mainframe systems and downstream services
• Supporting identity, verification, and access workflows
• Contributing to UI-facing services and frontend integration
• Orchestrating application flows across multiple systems and services

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Java / Spring-based applications
• Build and enhance RESTful APIs for customer-facing platforms
• Work across end-to-end application flows, from UI through to backend and mainframe
• Contribute to systems handling authentication, access, and identity verification
• Collaborate with engineering teams across frontend, backend, and platform layers
• Support and improve system reliability, performance, and maintainability

Requirements

• Strong Java (Core Java)
• Experience with Spring / Spring Boot
• Experience building APIs and backend services
• Understanding of frontend/UI integration (ability to work with UI-facing systems)
• Experience working across distributed systems or complex application flows
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices

Desirable

• Experience integrating with mainframe systems
• Exposure to identity and access management (IAM) or verification workflows
• Experience working within financial services or regulated environments
• Familiarity with large-scale enterprise platforms

Why This Role

• Work on high-impact, customer-facing systems at scale
• Exposure to both modern APIs and legacy integration challenges
• Strong platform ownership with end-to-end visibility
• Stable environment with clear progression at AVP level

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