Java Developer

The eBusiness team are an experienced and dedicated team committed to providing Softcat's customers with a market leading eBusiness offering. Their main aim is to make Softcat easier to do business with whilst driving cost savings and efficiencies into everyday activities for both Softcat and our clients.

Success. The Softcat Way.

At Softcat we want to support you at every stage of your career. Whether that means stepping up into a more senior role, taking on more responsibilities in your current role or broadening your skills and experiences in a different department, we encourage all our employees to develop and grow with us.

As a Developer, you will be responsible for building and implementing new functionality on Softcat's eBusiness portal.

You will ensure the customer's experience is always outstanding by delivering the required features and functionality to meet and exceed customer and business requirements.

As eCommerce Developer, you'll be responsible for:

• Analyse requirements and define relevant and efficient technical solutions
• Develop workable solutions, producing clean efficient code from technical specifications and requirements documentation.
• Work with internal stakeholders and 3rd party partners to understand, analyse and implement API integrations between relevant systems
• Support, maintain and fix existing functionality
• Optimise the platform for maximum speed and scalability

• Technical Skills: Expert knowledge in Java with practical experience and recent use of Java 21
• Proficiency in SQL, JSON, HTML, XML CSS, JavaScript, Groovy, and other web development languages
• Knowledge of Python, CXML, Azure would also be beneficial
• Experience with e-commerce platforms. Git technologies/experience and GitLab would be beneficial

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.