Senior/Mid Software Engineer Java Upgrade - fixed term contract (12 months)

We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Product Engineering team on a fixed-term basis, with a focus on uplifting our Search capability. The focus for this role will be driving a large scale Java version upgrade for our Funnelback product.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience in related fields
• 5+ years of professional hands-on experience in software development building and maintaining large-scale software products
• Proficiency in full-stack development, with expertise in Java and AWS
• Hands-on experience with gitlab, docker containers or similar.
• Strong understanding of testing principles and demonstrated experience in implementing testing strategies to improve software quality and robustness
• Experience with Agile or other iterative development methodologies
• Strong understanding of secure coding practices, particularly community standards such as OWASP
• Demonstrated experience in working independently to deliver large scale modernisations projects
• Knowledge of or experience working with Go language, Puppet, Selenium/Playwright test suite
• Solid understanding of Information Retrieval (IR) concepts, including indexing, query processing
• Proven experience migrating enterprise applications across major Java versions (e.g., from Java 8 to 17+)
• Previous experience working on Search platforms, or experience integrating or using DXP, and Search platforms

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Opportunity to work on a large-scale Java version upgrade project
• Collaborative and dynamic team environment
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Competitive salary and benefits package