Senior Software Engineer (Kotlin, Spring Boot)

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Working at CreateFuture</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://createfuture.com/" target="_blank">CreateFuture</a> is an&nbsp;AI-native consulting partner&nbsp;where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference&nbsp; while always putting people first.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our UK Benefits&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">35 days leave (including bank holidays).&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Private medical insurance.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enhanced parental and adoption leave.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Financial coaching + 5% pension match.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">40 hours of paid learning and development.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://2429507.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/2429507/CreateFuture%20Benefits%20(2026)%20(1).pdf" target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;View our full list of UK benefits.</em></a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CreateFuture is a <a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1572759" target="_blank">Great Place to Work-Certified™ company </a>and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row.</span><br><br></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Join us on our journey. Let’s create tomorrow, together, today.</span></p> <p><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About the role and team:</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Senior Backend Engineer</span></h1> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build software that matters. Shape the future of engineering.</span></h2> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We're looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, high-quality software and helping teams grow. This is more than a hands-on engineering role—you'll influence technical direction, mentor other engineers, drive architectural decisions, and help us embed AI and automation into the way we deliver value for our clients.</span></p> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You'll thrive here if you enjoy solving complex problems, challenging assumptions, collaborating openly, and taking pride in delivering software that makes a real business impact.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What You'll Do</span></h2> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will:</span></p> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design, build and maintain scalable, secure and resilient backend systems using Kotlin and Spring Boot</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead technical design and architectural discussions, ensuring solutions are maintainable, performant and aligned with best practices.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop and evolve RESTful APIs with a focus on security, versioning, performance and reliability.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Champion engineering excellence through clean code, automated testing, documentation and code reviews.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drive delivery across multiple initiatives while balancing speed, quality and commercial value.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mentor engineers through coaching, pairing and constructive feedback, helping raise capability across the team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve problems together and deliver outstanding outcomes for clients.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Research and evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks and AI capabilities that improve how we build software.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Promote automation wherever possible, removing repetitive work so teams can focus on solving meaningful problems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, innovation and technical excellence.</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What You'll Bring</span></h2> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Technical Expertise</span></h3> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You'll have strong commercial experience with:</span></p> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spring Boot and the wider Spring ecosystem</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spring Data JPA / Hibernate</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spring Security including OAuth2 and JWT</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">REST API design and implementation</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Microservices and distributed system design</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">SQL databases with strong query optimisation skills</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">NoSQL databases</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Docker and containerised application development</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Git and modern software development workflows</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Observability tooling including logging, metrics and distributed tracing</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comprehensive testing across unit, integration and functional layers</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maven or Gradle</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Java concurrency and JVM performance fundamentals</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What Success Looks Like</span></h2> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You'll demonstrate:</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Technical Excellence &amp; Craft Mastery</span></h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Write clean, maintainable and highly optimised code.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Set high standards for quality, testing and documentation.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Coach others in engineering best practices and modern development techniques.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Architectural Leadership</span></h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design scalable, resilient and secure systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Make thoughtful architectural decisions that support long-term maintainability.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate new technologies and guide adoption where they add value.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Commercial Delivery</span></h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead projects from discovery through delivery.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Understand client challenges and translate them into practical technical solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Deliver outcomes that create measurable business value.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Leadership &amp; Collaboration</span></h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead engineering ceremonies and facilitate productive technical discussions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mentor and develop engineers across the team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Foster an environment where knowledge sharing and continuous improvement are part of everyday work.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AI &amp; Innovation</span></h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Explore and implement AI-driven approaches that improve engineering efficiency.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Champion responsible adoption of AI across delivery teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help shape our engineering practices for the future.</span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><h3 id="What-we’ll-offer-you:" data-renderer-start-pos="8044"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">What we’ll offer you:</strong></h3> <p>We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.<br><br>We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.</p> <p>We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.</p> <h3><strong>Our hiring process</strong></h3> <p>We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.</p> <p>It usually looks like this:</p> <ul> <li>Call with our Talent Acquisition Team&nbsp;</li> <li>Role specific capability interview&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.</p> <h3><strong>Inclusion at CreateFuture&nbsp;</strong></h3> <p>We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.</p> <p>If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help.</p> <p>We look forward to your application!</p></div>

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