Senior Java Engineer

About the role:

We're creating a health and wellness experience that fits seamlessly into people's lives – and we're using modern tech to get there. Whether it's through speed, convenience, or personalisation, we're building smarter, faster, and more engaging experiences for our customers both online and in-store.

We're a cloud-first, automation-loving, build-over-buy kind of team. We move fast, collaborate deeply, and always keep our focus on delivering for our customers.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Loyalty Team within the BX Online vertical. This is a key moment in our journey – we're wrapping up a multi-year digital transformation and embarking on the next big phase: designing and building a completely new customer loyalty proposition.

You'll work across the full development lifecycle, contributing to roadmap features, shaping product direction, and collaborating with a passionate, cross-functional team.

What You'll Be Doing

• Write, test, and deliver high-quality software with real customer impact

• Collaborate with product and engineering peers to build and ship roadmap features

• Take ownership of your work – and contribute across the full stack where needed

• Ensure your code is reliable, scalable, and easy to maintain

• Engage in proactive monitoring and incident resolution

• Mentor junior engineers and share best practices within the team

• Bring new ideas and learning into the team – and stay curious about what's next

• Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Key requirements:

• Fluent in Java (11+) and the Spring Framework specifically SpringBoot or similar (Quarkus, Micronaut)
• Strong understanding of HTTP and REST as an architectural style to build APIs.
• Fluent with asynchronous programming techniques and frameworks (in Java).
• Fluent in SQL and experience with RDBMS like Postgres and Oracle.
• Experience with Docker and docker-compose.
• Exposure to AWS specifically S3, Aurora, ElasticCache
• Exposure to modern CI/CD platforms like Gitlab (or similar GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
  • Understands the importance of monitoring and proactive in resolving critical issues.
• Fluent in testing frameworks Junit, RestAssured

Desirable:

• • Exposure with monitoring and alerting platforms. Datadog, PagerDuty, Graphana, Prometheus
  • Exposure in Python Scripting
  • Exposure in deployment platforms like Kubernetes and tools like Helm

Excited to build meaningful software that helps people live healthier lives? We'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and bring your skills to a team that's changing health and wellness for good.

What we offer:

• Pension company contribution = 3%
• Incentive scheme up to 10% of annual salary, based on company performance.
• Your wellbeing is paramount so you can get away and take 33 Days Holiday per year.
• Learning and Development opportunity with Holland & Barrett is a great base for career development long term.
• Private Medical Care (Self after 1 year)
• Career progression.
• Refer and Earn Scheme - as we're growing you can earn money by referring people to join us from your network.
• Epic Extras gives you access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers.
• Stay healthy with Discounted Products - from day one you'll get a 25% discount (on top of other promotions) when you shop at H&B on anything that you buy.
• We all need a little help sometimes, so weoffer Free 24/7 Confidential Advice & Colleague Welfare.
• Mental Health First Aiders - we have lots of qualified Mental Health First Aiders because its all about your health & wellbeing.
• Stay active in the Onsite Gym at our Nuneaton Hub!
• We have colleague Reward and Recognition Schemes, so your hard work and loyalty won't go unnoticed.
• And many more!

Our culture respects equality, values diversity and encourages individuality – because this allows our people to unlock their potential and be their best. We welcome everyone who shares our EPIC values regardless of background, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation

Holland & Barrett does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees, or any other company location. Holland & Barrett is not and will not be responsible for any fees if a candidate submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless otherwise agreed with respect to specific open position(s).