Senior Software Engineer

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive. By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time. With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication - all of which we pass on to our customers. MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters. With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact. Your Career Join MHR as a Senior Software Engineer and help evolve a platform used by thousands of organisations across the UK. Working with Java (Jakarta EE/J2EE), TypeScript and Angular, you'll design and deliver scalable enterprise applications while helping shape the future of AI-enabled HR and payroll technology. This is an opportunity to combine deep back-end engineering expertise with modern front-end development, technical leadership and AI innovation. You'll influence architecture, mentor engineers, and play a key role in adopting AI across both our products and engineering practices. Your Team You'll join a cross-functional Scrum team of Software Engineers, Product Managers, UX Designers and Test Engineers, working together to solve complex customer challenges. Our teams embrace collaboration, continuous improvement and shared ownership, giving you the freedom to drive technical decisions and make a meaningful impact. Your Impact You'll build and enhance enterprise-scale SaaS applications powered by Java (Jakarta EE/J2EE), while creating modern user experiences with Angular and TypeScript. You'll help define engineering standards, improve platform scalability and support the delivery of AI-driven capabilities that enhance customer outcomes. AI will be a key part of your role. You'll leverage tools such as GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development technologies to accelerate delivery, improve code quality and explore new ways to embed AI into both our products and software engineering lifecycle. What you'll be doing Design, develop and maintain enterprise applications using Java (Jakarta EE/J2EE)Build modern web applications using TypeScript and AngularDesign and implement scalable APIs and application integrationsContribute to technical architecture and engineering standardsMentor engineers through code reviews and technical coachingCollaborate with Product, UX and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutionsChampion AI-assisted development and contribute to AI-enabled product innovation What we're looking for Strong commercial experience with Java and Jakarta EE/J2EEExperience with Angular and TypeScript, or strong experience with modern front-end frameworksExperience designing and building enterprise-scale applications and APIsStrong understanding of software architecture, engineering best practices and Agile deliveryExperience mentoring engineers and influencing technical directionHands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similarPassion for exploring how AI can improve software engineering, productivity and customer outcomes Benefits to support you personally and professionally Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including: Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leaveAbility to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidaysEnhanced Family leaveMy MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailersMonthly employee recognition program and departmental awardsReferral bonus scheme of up to £2,000Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offsOn-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals dailyOpt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment. At MHR, we’re completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported. Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you’re excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive. If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.