About this role
Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements: Strong backend software engineering skills and experienceStrong Java and Spring Boot development experienceTechnical or team leadership experience, including mentoring and coachingAdvocacy for software engineering best practicesExperience with Test Driven Development (TDD)Strong computer science fundamentals, including OOP, multithreading, design patterns, and data structuresComfortable using agentic AI codingCollaborative and pragmatic approach, with strong communication and stakeholder management skillsKafka, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS experience are desirable but not essential Responsibilities: Guide and inspire a small, high-performing development team working on real-time sports betting applicationsBalance hands-on architecture and coding with technical leadership, decision-making, coaching, and mentoringCollaborate closely with the Product Owner and oversee the full delivery lifecycleEnsure the product backlog is delivered efficiently and to a high standardPromote engineering excellence, best practices, and continuous improvement across the team and wider organisation Technologies: Agentic AIAIAWSBackendDockerJavaKafkaKubernetesOOPProduct OwnerSpringSpring BootTDDCloud More:
We are a global games software house offering a Senior Java Developer / Backend Engineer opportunity in our Central Manchester team. The role has an approximately 80/20 split between hands-on architecture and coding and technical leadership. We work from the office three days a week, with flexibility to work from home two days a week. The salary is up to £78,000, and benefits include a personalised training budget, pension, healthcare with dental and optical cover, wellness experiences, gym subsidy, cycle-to-work scheme, volunteer days, and career progression opportunities in a diverse, supportive environment.
last updated 41 week of 2026