Senior (Java) Software Engineer II
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
20-03-2025
Job Specifications
Role: Senior Software Engineer II
Location: London (Hybrid)
Reports to: Engineering Manager
The role
We are on a mission to make home moving easier and simpler. Home movers across the UK spend more than a billion minutes on Rightmove each month and our website and apps receive over 140 million visits per month. To support our mission, we need software engineers with vision and passion to deliver innovative and exciting solutions for our internal users, working on in house applications and microservices integrated with third party applications that underpin how Rightmove operates.
At Rightmove we work in autonomous cross-functional teams using Agile processes. Each team owns a part of the Rightmove experience made up of design, product, engineering and testing specialists. You will collaborate to ensure we deliver quality solutions that satisfy millions of users, thousands of agents and hundreds of passionate Rightmovers. You will be responsible for defining solutions to business and technical problems in a way which ensures maintainability, scalability and high-performance standards.
What you'll be doing
Developing features and improvements to our applications using Java, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Gradle, Hibernate, Couchbase, SQL, Docker
Collaborating with internal contacts and the teams to find solutions to complex problems.
Taking ownership of key technical decisions and project delivery.
Balancing new deliveries against technical debt, and finding the right timing for the two.
Ensuring delivery quality, including meeting security standards and providing for future extensibility of the codebase.
Communicating with stakeholders and third parties to understand the needs and how they link together.
Investigating and promoting the latest emergent technologies. Finding opportunities to attach these to the business roadmap in ways that benefit both the business and the tech function.
Coach and mentor less experienced engineers to help them develop their technical skills. You will work closely with the Engineering Manager to understand how best to grow the people around you and give them a working environment with a sense of achievement, success, pride, and ownership.
We're looking for someone who
Has extensive commercial experience of writing applications with Java, Springboot and Kafka.
Has been the lead on technically complex projects where you have assigned work to multiple engineers.
Has strong coordination and collaboration skills.
Has great problem-solving skills.
Has previously fed in to strong TDD practices, and can debate the pros and cons of left-shifting in the pipeline.
Can debate the merits of different solutions, and can discuss where to trim a solution or requirements in order to balance business OKRs against technical OKRs.
Has a keen interest in the performance of live applications and how our users use them.
Has previously brought new technologies or frameworks to their teams, and has taken initiative to improve the way the team works.
Looks to share their knowledge with the rest of the product development team.
Likes to ask questions and use the experience of those around them.
Has a sense of ownership and responsibility for the work you and your team deliver.
Recognizes an environment of social and psychological safety, and understands how to help create this in a team that is responsible for delivering high quality software and impactful projects.
About Rightmove
Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.
We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.
Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:
Be approachable and appreciate what others do
Make complex things as simple as possible
Build great teams, because Rightmove is people
Drive improvement, we can always be better
Share early, honestly and often
We believe in careers that open doors, and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right!
If all this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making...
What we offer
People are the foundation of Rightmove - We’ll help you build a career on it.
Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments
Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan
27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes
Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in office
Contributory stakeholder pension
Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life
Competitive compensation package
Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility
Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan
Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching
Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation.
At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.
Ultimately, we care much more about the person you are, and how you think and approach things, than a list of qualifications and buzzwords on a CV. Even if you can’t say ‘yes’ to all the above, but are smart, self-motivated and passionate about this role, then get in touch.
About the Company
Since launching in March 2000, we have remained the market leader and the go to place for people looking for their next home to buy or place to rent. To make all those home hunters happy we’ve invested in our tech and our website, we’re constantly looking to try new things with an aim to help make home moving easier. Home movers across the UK spend more than a billion minutes on Rightmove each month. Our website and apps receive over 150M views per month, making us one of the most top visited sites in the UK! Helping our ... Know more
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