Software Engineering Professional

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About the role

• Specific business area:

1. Revenue growth, customer experience, differentiation
2. Business continuity, operational backbone
3. Cost optimization, operational stability
4. Data-driven decision making
5. Scalability, resilience, efficiency
6. isk mitigation, regulatory compliance
7. Cross-system connectivity and business agility

• Impact of the role:

Business & Customer Impact- Translates business requirements into reliable digital solutions, directly enabling revenue generation, customer experience, and service differentiation.
Improves time-to-market by delivering scalable, reusable, and automation-friendly solutions.
Enhances customer satisfaction through performant, secure, and resilient applications.

Operational Stability & Efficiency- Builds systems that reduce manual effort, defects, and operational incidents. Improves system reliability and availability through well-Implemented architectures and proactive defect prevention. Guide incident reduction and faster recovery by writing maintainable and observable code.

Scalability & Long-Term Sustainability- Implement applications that scale with business growth using modular, microservices-based approaches. Controls technical debt by following clean code, Implement patterns, and coding standards. Ensures systems are adaptable to future requirements, regulatory needs, and technology upgrades.

What you’ll be doing

1. Implemented, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java 8/17/21.
2. Build and manage microservices using Spring Boot and related frameworks.
3. Implement clean, efficient, and reusable code following best practices.
4. Develop data access layers using Hibernate / JPA.
5. Make effective use of Java Streams, lambda expressions, and functional programming concepts.
6. Work with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).
7. Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
8. Implement unit and integration tests and Guide CI/CD pipelines.
9. Collaborate with architects, DevOps, QA, and product teams.
10. Participate in code reviews and contribute to Implemented discussions.
11. Troubleshoot production issues and Guide root cause analysis.

Essential Skills and Experience

• 4–9 years of hands-on experience in Java backend development.
• Strong expertise in Java 8 / 17 / 21, including Streams and concurrency concepts.
• Proven experience in Spring Boot and microservices architecture.
• Solid understanding of Hibernate / JPA and ORM concepts.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and API security.
• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD tools.
• Understanding of application performance tuning and JVM concepts.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

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Our Package

Openreach is the UK’s leading digital infrastructure business, responsible for building and maintaining the fixed network that connects millions of homes and businesses across the country. While wholly owned by BT Group, Openreach is a legally separate, independently governed business, with its own strategy and operating model. Openreach’s customers are the 600+ communications providers who sell phone, broadband and Ethernet services to UK homes and businesses.

Right now, Openreach is building the UK’s largest full fibre broadband network. It’s on track to reach more than 25 million premises by December 2026 and it’s laying the foundations for the country’s connectivity for decades to come. This is nationally significant work, supporting economic growth, regional development and everyday life for millions of people.

Operating in a highly regulated environment, Openreach works closely with industry partners, governments and communities to deliver a network that’s reliable, fair and future ready. We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to better deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining Openreach means playing a direct role in one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes, with real purpose, independence and impact.