As a family-owned business our people are central to our success, and following years of organic, consecutive growth, we're looking for people who share our core values of sustainability, trust, collaboration, and innovation to drive us forwards.

Software never stays the same and neither do we. We want our people to be part of a progressive organisation, encouraged to embrace change and new ideas to shape our future development. Your input is vital, which is why we're committed to personalised learning paths for every employee to help you, and us, grow.

Our goal is to make the world of work easier as a leader in the HR, payroll, finance, and integration solutions software and services industry. We're proud to design and develop some of the best business solutions like iTrent and People First to support our customers' people-related challenges across every vertical.

Looking for the place where you can belong? Join MHR and help us shape the world of work.

About the role:

As a Senior Java Engineer, you will provide high quality, innovative and effective software solutions, and support service to the business. Specifically, to take responsibility for the Java core code base in our People First system. You will mentor other Java engineers and guide them to follow best practice and coding standards. You will also ensure that the maintainability of our code base remains at a very high level.

In this role you will work alongside like-minded individuals and other Senior Java Engineers to solve business problems, plan, estimate, write, test and document the code in an Agile way.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work as part of an Agile team, developing high quality software, meeting the business requirements and satisfying quality, performance, and security requirements.
• Undertake research as required and attend conferences and events, documenting afterwards to extend the team knowledge.
• Support software and diagnosing problems with code that may have been written by others.
• Advise on technical solutions, and get involved in the delivering or receiving of training.
• Document decisions and progress in line with corporate and team project management.
• Provision of accurate estimates and commitments to delivery of work, leading projects if necessary.
• Any other tasks typically associated with the Software Development Lifecycle.

Key Technical Skills:

• Experience of deploying software using web servers and container technologies.

  Understanding of OOD, OOP and design patterns.

• Experience of Tomcat,IIS, Apache, Oracle,SQL Server, Windows, Red Hat andSolaris.

  Ability to write maintainable, extensible and scalable code.

• Commercial experience developing distributed enterprise-scale systems

Soft Skills:

• Good problem solving skills
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to mentor junior members of staff
• Ability to communicate and work with Software Engineers, UX and UI Designers
• Ability to communicate ideas and develop strategy through presentations, demonstrations and specifications
• Advantage: Understanding of HR and Payroll concepts.

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 programs
• 24/7 access to a GP through SmartHealth for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond the standard 25 days and bank holidays
• Discounts and cashback on leisure, travel, technology, fashion, gym memberships, and food
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
• Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
• On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
• Opt-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.