Senior Software Engineer (Java) - 3 month contract
On site
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Freelance
27-02-2025
Job Specifications
CreateFuture is fast becoming the UK’s most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for major organisations whilst putting our people first. We have offices in the centre of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and London as well as remote employees located throughout the country.
We are a team of creators - whether that’s code, project plans, go to market strategies, culture initiatives, marketing campaigns, large language models or people policies. And together, with our clients, we create the future. This has seen us collaborate and partner across a multitude of industries and sectors, with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, to name just a few.
Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years, and it is our amazing people - along with the safe, supportive and friendly culture we have built - that makes CreateFuture a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it though, we have been recognised by Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row - across a number of categories - and our employee exit rate is astonishingly low.
Join us on our journey… Let’s create something awesome, together, today.
Our Tech
We develop web and mobile applications in a variety of different languages and frameworks, with AWS as our primary cloud platform. Our CI/CD infrastructure varies with what makes sense — we have to balance customer requirements with making sure we have the right tools for the job and you will be an integral part of influencing these choices of technology.
The Role
Developing RESTful Java APIs, including interaction with databases with a focus on readable, maintainable and well-tested code
Integrating with third-party APIs such as payment gateways
Being an advocate for engineering best practice within your project team
Help to grow our engineering function by participating in initiatives designed to increase our technical capabilities
Collaborating with the full project team (including BAs, QAs and members of the client team) to provide the best solutions to our clients
Professional handling of difficult client communications for specific issues
Being able to define and oversee the technical implementation of a client project
Requirements
You have strong knowledge of API development using Java, including ORM storage
You actively facilitate and encourage knowledge sharing within the team and wider department
You advocate for best engineering practices such as code reviews, paired programming, and automated tests
You are familiar with AWS cloud services and CI/CD
Next steps
Our Talent Acquisition team aim to respond to all applications within a reasonable timeframe, regardless of if we are progressing with your application.
Our Interview Process
30-minute recruiter call
1-hour technical assessment
We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills, and points of view help us build the best workplace possible, and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products.
We are committed to our goal of creating the most inclusive workplace possible. As we strive to build an environment where everyone can thrive and be themselves, we will continue to investigate and challenge biases, while working to identify and remove obstacles to inclusion. If you need additional support or accommodation during the application process, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
About the Company
CreateFuture was built to take action. With our 500-strong team of software engineering, strategy and design experts, across Edinburgh, Leeds, London and Manchester, we’re determined to get you exactly what you need. As with our past clients, we get to the root of your challenge and do everything it takes to create positive solutions by building digital products and services that solve problems. With years of experience helping catalyse major organisations into action, our rapid growth has been driven by people who seek t... Know more
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