Software Engineer

BACKEND ENGINEER (JAVA) - Must be based in NI (No sponsorship available) A global technology company is growing its engineering presence in Northern Ireland and is hiring Java backend engineers to work on a large-scale, business-critical platform used by enterprise customers internationally. The organisation operates across multiple global markets and builds software where reliability, security and performance are fundamental. The Northern Ireland team is still growing, giving engineers the opportunity to join at a relatively early stage and have genuine influence over how the local engineering function develops. The role This is a backend-focused engineering role working on a large distributed platform with significant scale and availability requirements. You will design, build and maintain Java services in a modern cloud environment, contribute to ongoing platform modernisation work, and take ownership of features from initial design through to deployment and production. The engineering culture is strongly focused on ownership, automation and building software that can be operated reliably at scale. Why it's worth a look This is a good opportunity for someone who wants to work beyond standard CRUD applications and get exposure to more complex backend engineering problems. You will be working with distributed systems, high-throughput services and modern cloud infrastructure, while joining a Northern Ireland engineering team that still has considerable room to grow. Engineers are given ownership of their work and are expected to contribute to technical decisions rather than simply picking up predefined tickets. What you'll be doing Design, build and maintain Java-based backend services.Work with distributed data stores and other components across a large-scale platform.Contribute to the automation used to build, deploy and operate services in cloud environments.Work closely with engineering and reliability teams to support production systems and troubleshoot live issues.Take features from technical design through development, testing and deployment.Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews and continuous improvement across the engineering team. What they're looking for Must have Three or more years of commercial Java server-side development experience.Experience building production software where reliability and availability matter.Comfortable taking ownership of features from design through to deployment.Strong software engineering fundamentals and an interest in learning new technologies. Nice to have Experience with containerisation or orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.Exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.Experience working with distributed or high-scale backend systems.Familiarity with modern CI/CD, infrastructure automation or GitOps practices. Package £45,000 to £60,000 base salaryNorthern IrelandAnnual bonusFlexible benefits packageProfessional development opportunities If you are a Java backend engineer looking for something with more scale, ownership and technical depth, get in touch with Daryl Crothers at Oxbow Talent for more information.