We're looking for a Lead Java Engineer to join our BX Online Loyalty Team, driving forward a bold, innovative new loyalty proposition for H&B customers.

You'll be joining us at an exciting moment: the final stages of a multi-year tech transformation. Next up? Building and scaling a new world-class Loyalty experience.

You'll play a hands-on, strategic role in defining and delivering scalable, customer-focused software – and mentoring your team along the way.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the design and delivery of cross-functional software in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Work autonomously, owning key components and solving complex technical challenges
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, UX, QA) to build great customer-first features
• Mentor and upskill your squad, sharing expertise and driving best practices
• Stay on top of new technologies, and bring innovative thinking to the team
• Communicate complex ideas clearly across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Think strategically about your work's business impact and how it helps our customers thrive
• Champion security, compliance, and performance in everything you build

• Fluent in Java (11+) and the Spring Framework specifically SpringBoot or similar (Quarkus, Micronaut)
• Strong understanding of HTTP and REST as an architectural style to build APIs.
• Fluent with asynchronous programming techniques and frameworks (in Java).
• Fluent in SQL and experience with RDBMS like Postgres and Oracle.
• Experience with Docker and docker-compose.
• Exposure to AWS specifically S3, Aurora, ElasticCache
• Exposure to modern CI/CD platforms like Gitlab (or similar GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
• Understands the importance of monitoring and proactive in resolving critical issues.
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• Fluent in testing frameworks Junit, RestAssured
• Desirable:
• Exposure with monitoring and alerting platforms. Datadog, PagerDuty, Graphana, Prometheus
• Exposure in Python Scripting
• Exposure in deployment platforms like Kubernetes and tools like Helm.

Ready to shape the future of health and wellness through tech?
Apply now and help build something that really matters.

• Pension company contribution = 3%
• Incentive scheme up to 10% of annual salary, based on company performance.
• Your wellbeing is paramount so you can get away and take 33 Days Holiday per year.
• Private Medical Care (Self after 1 year)
• Learning and Development opportunity with Holland & Barrett is a great base for career development long term.
• Career progression.
• Refer and Earn Scheme - as we're growing you can earn money by referring people to join us from your network.
• Epic Extras gives you access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers.
• Stay healthy with Discounted Products - from day one you'll get a 25% discount (on top of other promotions) when you shop at H&B on anything that you buy.
• We all need a little help sometimes, so we offer Free 24/7 Confidential Advice & Colleague Welfare.
• Mental Health First Aiders - we have lots of qualified Mental Health First Aiders because its all about your health & wellbeing.
• Stay active in the Onsite Gym at our Nuneaton Hub!
• We have colleague Reward and Recognition Schemes, so your hard work and loyalty won't go unnoticed.
• And many more!

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B. 

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