Java Developer

Location & Working Hours: Hybrid schedule – twice a month in the office (central London). Core hours are 09:30 – 16:00; flexible around these times.

Company Overview: We are the nation’s largest online pharmacy, serving over 1.8 million patients in England. With 25 years of experience, we help patients manage their NHS prescriptions from request through delivery. As a Great Place to Work certified and B Corp company, we focus on colleague experience and meet high social and environmental standards. Our mission is to be a world‑leading, patient‑centric digital health care provider while fostering a positive, open and honest working environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a hands‑on Java developer, contributing to the design, build, testing and rollout of new medical services at scale.
• Maintain, enhance and optimise existing services to reflect clinical innovation, regulatory change and new medicines.
• Work within a microservices‑based architecture, applying best‑practice software design principles (SOLID, ACID, OO design).
• Collaborate closely with product owners and stakeholders, balancing commercial considerations with technical quality.
• Engage with cutting‑edge technologies, including clinical algorithms and cloud platforms such as GCP, to improve patient outcomes.
• Contribute actively to team discussions, share ideas, ask questions and support collaborative problem‑solving.
• Understand business constraints and negotiate practical trade‑offs with delivery teams to achieve agreed goals.
• Ensure each development increment delivers clear business value, supporting the organisation’s competitive advantage.
• Participate in an out‑of‑hours rota as required by the business, with fair scheduling and additional compensation for on‑call periods.

Qualifications:

• Previous development experience with Java 1.8+, Spring Boot and MySQL.
• Experience with cloud environments such as GCP, AWS or Azure.
• Writing integration tests (e.g., Cucumber) and understanding behaviour‑driven development (BDD) principles.
• Demonstrable front‑end (React) experience in a full‑stack implementation context.
• Working within an Agile environment.
• Experience integrating with e‑commerce platforms such as Shopify.
• Experience with GoLang.
• Familiarity in microservice architecture.
• Understanding of DevOps CI/CD methodologies, working with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Software development best practice such as SOLID, ACID and OO design principles.

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive contributory pension.
• Occupational sick pay.
• Long‑service awards and refer‑a‑friend bonuses.
• Professional registration fees covered (GPhC, NMC, CIPD and more).
• Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes (subject to eligibility).
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Flexible hybrid working to help balance work and home life.
• Private healthcare insurance at discounted rates (Aviva).
• Employee Assistance Programme and in‑house mental health support.
• Access to discounted gym memberships via benefit schemes.
• Regular health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Strong commitment to CPD, training and professional development.
• 25 days’ annual leave, increasing with service.
• Buy and sell holiday scheme.
• Employee discount platform and exclusive discounts.
• 25% off health & beauty purchases.
• 25% off Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor services.
• Regular social events throughout the year.

Legal & Employment Information: Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK. All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.