Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer Online Customer Experience (OCX)

Location: Remote (UK) | Package: Competitive + bonus + benefits

About H&B Tech

Holland&Barrett is building the digital backbone of health&wellness for millions. As we scale a truly omni‑channel experience, engineering is central to delivering speed, personalisation, and convenience across web, app, and in‑store.

Why this role

• Impact at scale: Ship customer‑facing services used by millions, and see work land fast in live journeys.

• Build, don’t just buy: A bespoke ecommerce platform and modern stack where engineers shape the product, not just the ticket.

• Modern ways of working: Cloud‑first, automation‑led, and a culture that values clean code, observability, and continuous delivery.

What you’ll do

• Design and deliver backend services end‑to‑end with autonomy and high quality.

• Partner with Product, Delivery, and UX to take features from idea to launch and iterate based on data.

• Mentor engineers, share best practices, and raise the engineering bar across reliability, testing, and performance.

• Own operability: ensure resilience, monitoring, security, and compliance are built in from day one.

Core tech

• Java 17+ with Spring Boot/Quarkus/Micronaut; REST/HTTP; async patterns.

• SQL with Postgres/Oracle; Docker/docker‑compose; AWS (S3, Aurora, ElastiCache).

• CI/CD (GitLab/GitHub Actions/CircleCI); testing (JUnit, RestAssured).

Nice to have

• Observability (Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana/PagerDuty), Python, Kubernetes/Helm.

What’s in it for you

• Flexibility: Remote‑first, outcomes‑driven, low‑ego culture.

• Growth: Learn, lead, and influence architecture during a pivotal new product phase.

• Benefits that matter: Bonus scheme, 33 days’ holiday, private medical (after 1 year), pension, product discounts, wellbeing support, referral rewards, recognition schemes, and more.

Who thrives here

• Builders who value simplicity, reliability, and craft.

• Leaders who mentor, collaborate, and communicate clearly.

• Problem‑solvers who turn ambiguity into shipped value.

Ready to make a real impact?

Apply today. If skills don’t 100% match but the mission resonates, let’s talk great engineers grow quickly here!