Remote-first (offices in Oxfordshire, UK and Brussels, BE)

Location: Remote-first (offices in Oxfordshire, UK and Brussels, BE)
Type: Full-time Permanent
Reports to: Principal Staff Developer
Salary: competitive

Penman Consulting builds smart SaaS tools for Product Stewards and provides world-class toxicology consultancy. We help companies manage complex compliance and regulatory workflows with ease. Our remote-first development team is expanding to deliver our next-generation platform - and you could be part of it.

Build robust, scalable Java backend services with Spring MVC
Work with relational databases - ideally PostgreSQL - using Hibernate
Contribute to the front end (HTML, CSS, JS, JSP, Responsive)
Collaborate across the team in a modern agile workflow
Ship production-ready features with CI/CD pipelines
Own your work from concept to deployment

What you bring

3+ years' hands-on Java development experience (Spring preferred)
Comfortable with writing your own automation tests
A thoughtful problem solver that can work independently
Clean code
Front-end skills (React/Vue) are a bonus but not required
Cloud experience (AWS) is a bonus
Fully remote or hybrid work - your choice
25+ days holiday, pension, and private healthcare
Electric car scheme
20% time to explore new ideas and tech
A collaborative, low-ego team that values impact over buzzwords
Initial screen - we'll get to know you and answer your questions
Coding challenge - assess problem-solving and code quality (reasonable timebox)
Final interview - meet the team, discuss your approach, values, and fit

What to Expect

Week 1:

Meet the team and get set up with our tools, codebase, and development practices
Intro sessions with the Principal Staff Developer and CTPO
Induction to the world of Toxicology
Shadow a peer and begin exploring low-risk tickets

Month 1:

Take ownership of small but meaningful features or bug fixes
Participate in planning and retrospectives
Engage in peer reviews and pair programming as needed

By 6 Months:

Contribute to core components of the platform
Influence architecture and technical direction
Mentor junior team members where appropriate

By 1 Year:

Be a go-to expert in one or more areas of the system
Lead or co-lead features and sprints
Help shape the future of our product and development processes

If you have any queries, please contact us.

Penman Consulting

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