Senior Software Engineer I - Backend (Java)

The role

At Rightmove, we’re on a mission to make home moving easier and simpler for everyone. Every month, millions of people spend over a billion minutes on our platform, with more than 140 million visits across our website and apps. Behind that experience is a team of passionate engineers building the tools and services that power how we operate.

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help shape and deliver innovative solutions for our internal users. You’ll work on in-house applications and microservices, integrating with third-party platforms to support our core business. This is an opportunity to solve meaningful problems at scale, with real impact across the organisation.

Our teams are autonomous and cross-functional, combining design, product, engineering and testing expertise. You’ll collaborate closely with others to deliver high-quality, reliable solutions that support millions of users, thousands of agents, and hundreds of Rightmovers. You’ll play a key role in defining scalable, maintainable, and high-performance solutions to both business and technical challenges.

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What you'll be doing

Designing and building new features and enhancements using Java 17+, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Gradle, Hibernate, Couchbase, SQL, and Docker.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to shape solutions and align on priorities.

Taking ownership of key technical decisions and delivering projects end-to-end.

Balancing new feature development with technical debt, making thoughtful, pragmatic trade-offs.

Writing high-quality, secure, and extensible code that supports both current needs and future growth.

Communicating effectively with stakeholders and third parties to ensure solutions meet business objectives.

Championing new and emerging technologies that add value and align with our roadmap.