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Senior Java Developer Spring Boot TDD

Client ServerArdwick, Manchester🇬🇧United Kingdom

Why this role stands out

Advance your career as a Senior Java Developer at a leading global games software house, where you'll lead and mentor a high-performing team while coding and architecting innovative sports betting applications. If you're a hands-on leader with a passion for backend development, Spring Boot, and TDD, this hybrid role offers significant growth potential and a competitive salary up to £78k. Embrace this exciting opportunity to shape product delivery and promote engineering excellence with flexible work arrangements.

Quick overview

Salary£78k/yr
SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeTemporary/Casual
Work modeRemote
LocationArdwick, Manchester, United Kingdom
Stakeholder ManagementDockerSpringSpring BootAWSTDDJavaKafkaKubernetes

Job description

Senior Java Developer / Backend Engineer (Spring Boot TDD) Manchester / WFH to £78k

Are you a Senior Java Developer with hands-on leadership skills?

You could be progressing your career at a global games software house.

As a Senior Java Developer you will play a key role in guiding and inspiring a small, high-performing development team, working on real-time in sports betting applications.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on leader who enjoys balancing technical delivery with team development and collaboration, with approximately an 80/20 split between hands-on architecture and coding and technical leadership (decision making, coaching, mentoring).

Collaborating closely with the Product Owner, you'll oversee the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring that the product backlog is delivered efficiently and to a high standard. You'll promote engineering excellence, encouraging best practices and contributing to continuous improvement across both team and wider organisation.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in Central Manchester three days a week with flexibility to work from home twice a week.

About you:

  • You have strong backend software engineering skills and experience
  • You have strong Java and Spring Boot development experience
  • You have technical / team leadership, mentoring and coaching experience, you're an advocate of software engineering best practices
  • You have experience with Test Driven Development TDD
  • You have a strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, multithreading, Design Patterns, Data Structures
  • You're comfortable with agentic AI coding
  • You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Nice to have (not essential): Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS

What's in it for you:

  • Salary to £78k
  • Personalised training budget
  • Pension
  • Healthcare including dental and optical
  • Various wellness experiences, gym subsidy, cycle to work scheme, volunteer days and much more
  • Diverse, supportive environment with great career progression opportunities

Apply now to find out more about this Senior Java Developer / Backend Engineer (Spring Boot TDD) opportunity.


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