At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build scalable backend services while influencing architecture and engineering standards.
- Company: Join a global tech company known for its innovative product engineering culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, bonus, and hybrid working model with clear progression opportunities.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic environment with ownership and autonomy over your projects.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a hands-on role within a high-performing team.
- Qualifications: Strong Java experience and a deep understanding of cloud-native development.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
Location: Belfast (Hybrid working)
Salary: Up to £90,000 depending on experience
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Overview: Ocho is working on behalf of a global, product-led technology company that builds large-scale digital platforms used by leading retail and consumer brands worldwide. This is a true product engineering environment where teams take long-term ownership of complex systems, rather than delivering short-term projects. They are now looking for a Senior Java Engineer to join a high-performing team, playing a key role in shaping and scaling core backend services that power their platform. This is a hands-on position with real influence over architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build and evolve highly scalable backend services
- Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making
- Improve performance, scalability, and reliability across distributed systems
- Collaborate closely with product, architecture, and engineering teams
- Drive best practices across code quality, testing, and delivery
- Mentor and support other engineers within the team
Person We Are Looking For:
- Strong commercial experience building large-scale systems using Java
- Deep understanding of cloud-native development, ideally within AWS
- Experience designing and working with distributed, highly available systems
- Comfortable leading technically and mentoring senior engineers
- Strong product mindset with experience working alongside product teams
Tech Environment:
- Java for core backend development
- AWS-based cloud infrastructure
- Microservices and event-driven architecture
- Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines
- Modern observability and monitoring tooling
What's on Offer:
- Opportunity to work in a true product engineering environment at scale
- Strong engineering culture with real ownership and autonomy
- Hybrid working model with Belfast-based office
- Clear long-term progression aligned to a growing product roadmap
- Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package
Principal Java Engineer employer: Ocho People
Ocho People is an excellent employer that fosters a dynamic and supportive work culture in Belfast, perfect for those looking to advance their careers in finance. With a commitment to employee growth, we offer study support alongside competitive salaries and benefits, ensuring our team members thrive both professionally and personally in a fast-paced environment.
