Java Developer

Location: We operate a hybrid schedule, meaning twice monthly in the office based in central London.

Salary: £ DOE plus extensive benefits.

Contract type: Permanent.

Employment type: Full time.

Working hours: We work on a core hours principle. Our core hours are 09:30 - 16:00; you can work around these to suit you!

Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.8 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day, and as a certified B Corp we also meet high standards of social and environmental responsibility. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.

What you’ll be doing:

• 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 entering the market.
• Work within a microservices‑based architecture, applying best‑practice software design principles (SOLID, ACID, object‑oriented 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, sharing ideas, asking thoughtful questions, and supporting 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.

Who we’re looking for:

• Previous development experience with Java 1.8+, Spring Boot and MySQL.
• Experience with cloud environments such as GCP, AWS or Azure.
• Writing integration tests (such as Cucumber) and understanding behaviour-driven development (BDD) principles (desirable).
• Demonstrable front-end (React) experience in a full stack implementation context (desirable).
• Working within an Agile environment (desirable).
• Experience integrating with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify (desirable).
• Experience with GoLang (desirable).
• 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.

What happens next:

Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview. Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK. All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check. Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.

Additional information:

We operate a fair scheduling process as well as additional compensation for all on‑call periods. Our core hours policy and hybrid working model. Equality, diversity and inclusion statements where applicable.