Senior Java Engineer

Capgemini; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology transformation partner is seeking a Senior Engineer to join their team in the UK. The role involves delivering critical digital services and mentoring junior engineers in a collaborative Agile environment. Candidates should possess strong skills in Java, Spring Boot, and cloud technologies. This opportunity allows for a hybrid work model, requiring office attendance 40%-70% of the time for specific locations, including Worthing. Ideal candidates will have a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.

Benefits

Mental Health Champions

Wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Strong technical competence in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful API development.
• Good knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, containers, and cloud infrastructure.
• Adaptability to Agile methodologies and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Deliver user stories as part of a multi-disciplined team.
• Build, deploy, and support services using established software development techniques.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, promoting well-being and professional growth.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Open-source integration frameworks

TDD, Unit testing and automated integration testing

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester, Telford, Worthing, Birmingham

Capgemini are recruiting highly skilled Senior Engineers to join their dynamic team, delivering solutions for a major public sector client. This is an opportunity to work on meaningful projects that impact millions of people, in an environment that values innovation and collaboration.

Our mature Agile environment provides a supportive space to collaborate with specialists from other disciplines. You’ll be part of a culture that encourages continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence.

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll focus on delivering critical digital services from cradle to grave working on a variety of projects featuring high-performance cloud platforms using Java based languages and technologies, and on‑premises traditional infrastructure.

Hybrid working: Your working location will vary depending on your role, personal needs, and business requirements. This will typically include a mix of company offices, client sites, and remote work from home. If your location is Telford or Worthing (please note the Worthing office will relocate to Brighton & Hove in the second half of 2026) you will be expected to work from the office between 40% and 70% of the time. For all other locations you need to be prepared to come into the Telford or Worthing office once to twice a month (Lead engineers more frequently). As we align closely with customer requirements—which may change over time—you will need to remain flexible. Please note that fully remote working (100% from home) is not permitted.

Your role

We’re looking for people who are learning focused, challenge and are constantly looking to shape their working environment to make it an exciting, fun and interesting place to work.

As a Software Engineer your primary focus will be to deliver user stories whilst working as a part of a multi-disciplined team. You’ll be working closely with analysts and designers to build, deploy and support your services using well established software development techniques such as TDD, BDD and pair programming.

Getting involved with all stages of service delivery including testing, configuring, deploying, supporting, and monitoring using industry standard tooling, to truly work in a DevSecOps capacity. Whilst working in a collaborative environment you are going to meet a variety of different people who, like you, have a wealth of knowledge and experience. As a part of one or more communities, you will have the opportunity to influence how we grow as a delivery centre and how we do things by sharing ideas and working with others to make things better.

Senior engineers are expected to lead by example, fostering a culture of excellence. You will actively mentor junior engineers and support their wellbeing, professional growth, and development, including through effective performance management.

Key Responsibilities

• Primary focus is to deliver user stories as part of a multi-disciplined team.
• Build, deploy, and support services using established software development techniques such as TDD, BDD, and pair programming.
• Getting involved with all stages of service delivery including testing, configuring, deploying, supporting, and monitoring using industry standard tooling, to truly work in a DevSecOps capacity.
• Foster a culture of excellence through effective performance management. Actively mentor junior engineers and support their wellbeing, professional growth, and development.

Your skills and experience

Strong technical competence in:

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Open-source integration frameworks
• TDD, Unit testing and automated integration testing
• Experience of building RESTful APIs in Spring boot
• Experience of building loosely coupled synchronous and asynchronous microservices

Good working knowledge of Spring JPA, AOP, Transactions, SQL and NoSQL databases, containers and container management platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes is desirable.

Experience of Cloud based infrastructure is desirable, along with an understanding of application security principles, continuous integration and continuous delivery.

As a well-rounded Agile Software Engineer, we encourage adaptability plus general skills in problem solving, business analysis, quality assurance, application design and architecture to complement your Java development specialism.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme.
As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
Declare they have a disability, and
Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.
Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.