Role
Java Developer
Location & Working Hours
Hybrid schedule – twice a month in the office (central London). Core hours are 09:30 – 16:00; flexible around these times.
Company Overview
We are the nation’s largest online pharmacy, serving over 1.8 million patients in England. With 25 years of experience, we help patients manage their NHS prescriptions from request through delivery. As a Great Place to Work certified and B Corp company, we focus on colleague experience and meet high social and environmental standards. Our mission is to be a world‑leading, patient‑centric digital health care provider while fostering a positive, open and honest working environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a hands‑on Java developer, contributing to the design, build, testing and rollout of new medical services at scale.
- Maintain, enhance and optimise existing services to reflect clinical innovation, regulatory change and new medicines.
- Work within a microservices‑based architecture, applying best‑practice software design principles (SOLID, ACID, OO design).
- Collaborate closely with product owners and stakeholders, balancing commercial considerations with technical quality.
- Engage with cutting‑edge technologies, including clinical algorithms and cloud platforms such as GCP, to improve patient outcomes.
- Contribute actively to team discussions, share ideas, ask questions and support collaborative problem‑solving.
- Understand business constraints and negotiate practical trade‑offs with delivery teams to achieve agreed goals.
- Ensure each development increment delivers clear business value, supporting the organisation’s competitive advantage.
- Participate in an out‑of‑hours rota as required by the business, with fair scheduling and additional compensation for on‑call periods.
Qualifications
- Previous development experience with Java 1.8+, Spring Boot and MySQL.
- Experience with cloud environments such as GCP, AWS or Azure.
- Writing integration tests (e.g., Cucumber) and understanding behaviour‑driven development (BDD) principles.
- Demonstrable front‑end (React) experience in a full‑stack implementation context.
- Working within an Agile environment.
- Experience integrating with e‑commerce platforms such as Shopify.
- Experience with GoLang.
- Familiarity in microservice architecture.
- Understanding of DevOps CI/CD methodologies, working with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, etc.
- Software development best practice such as SOLID, ACID and OO design principles.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive contributory pension.
- Occupational sick pay.
- Long‑service awards and refer‑a‑friend bonuses.
- Professional registration fees covered (GPhC, NMC, CIPD and more).
- Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes (subject to eligibility).
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Flexible hybrid working to help balance work and home life.
- Private healthcare insurance at discounted rates (Aviva).
- Employee Assistance Programme and in‑house mental health support.
- Access to discounted gym memberships via benefit schemes.
- Regular health and wellbeing initiatives.
- Strong commitment to CPD, training and professional development.
- 25 days’ annual leave, increasing with service.
- Buy and sell holiday scheme.
- Employee discount platform and exclusive discounts.
- 25% off health & beauty purchases.
- 25% off Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor services.
- Regular social events throughout the year.
Legal & Employment Information
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
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