Software Engineer - backend

Join giffgaff as a Software Engineer and play a key role in shaping modern, flexible digital experiences for our members. You will be part of a collaborative, product focused engineering team, building scalable solutions that make it simple and fair for customers to use our services, while embracing modern approaches including the use of AI to enhance and accelerate software development. Working in a cross functional environment, you will contribute across the full stack with a strong backend focus. You will design, build and continuously improve resilient, cloud native systems, using practices such as pair programming and test driven development, while helping to evolve how the team leverages AI and modern tooling to deliver high quality, sustainable products.

Requirements

• Strong backend development experience using Java and Spring Boot
• Proven capability in Test Driven Development, clean code and refactoring
• Proven experience working within a product engineering environment
• Solid system design skills and experience building scalable, reliable services
• Experience working in collaborative, cross functional teams using modern engineering practices

The Other Stuff We Are Looking For

• Experience with event driven architecture (ideally Kafka) or micro frontend approaches
• Exposure to mobile or app development
• Experience with cloud, containers or distributed systems
• Interest or experience in using AI to support software development
• A passion for ethical decision making and contributing to sustainable outcomes