Java Developers

We're looking for a Senior Java Developer to join our Vehicle Telematics software development team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, ownership, and end to end responsibility in a fast-moving environment. Also, for someone who is looking to progress into a Lead Developer role and beyond. You'll join a flexible team of nine Java Developers within an overall IT organisation of over 300 technologists. This specific team plays a central role in building and evolving our in-house telematics provisioning and maintenance platform - a critical system used here. Your technical background will include strong back-end development experience with Spring, alongside solid JavaScript front-end development skills. As well as developing, you'll be running your own technical projects, analysing complicated requirements, designing solutions and mentoring more junior members of the team. Your voice will matter, and your ideas will directly shape the products we deliver. In person collaboration is important to us, one of the foundations of our success. This role is eligible for inclusion in our hybrid working policy, located in our telematics head office in Crewe for a minimum of 3 days per week. What you'll be doing...

• Interpreting business requirements, working on solution designs, estimating effort required, developing the solutions, overseeing testing, and co-ordinating deployments.

• Thinking creatively to bring new ideas and concepts to the existing applications.

• Presenting ideas and concepts to the Senior IT Leadership team and your peers in the development team.

• Ensuring quality delivery of software by ensuring sufficient documentation, testing, and code reviews are carried out.

• Assisting with software deployments to AWS and other environments.

• Contributing to and occasionally running daily stand-ups and other project meetings.

• Promote application and technical knowledge sharing within the team., Our global DEI networks champion LGBTQ+ inclusion, cultural diversity, women's empowerment and mental health, neurodiversity and disability support. We also offer:

• Global Female Health Policy & Female Health Champions

• Pregnancy Loss and Fertility Treatment Policies

• Endometriosis Friendly Employer (UK)

• Women-focused gym & female health events

• Mental Health First Aiders

• Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1)

• Race at Work Charter signatory

• Proud sponsor of Crewe Pride (4 years running) and Cheshire Pride Awards Corporate Supporter 2025

• Community network driving charity and volunteering initiatives, with 8 consecutive years of participation in the UK Challenge.

• Give as you earn scheme (payroll giving) and match funding

• 4 or more years of Core Java experience (Java 21 and beyond).
• Experience with open-source frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Excellent SQL skills.
• Experience with designing and developing web applications.
• Knowledge of unit testing using Junit and Mockito.
• Degree or equivalent in Computing/Software Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience developing REST-based applications.
• To be self-motivated and independent, but also able to work well in a team and help mentor more junior members.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a strong analytical mind.
• Experience with JavaScript based front end frameworks

Nice to have

• Experience in deploying and supporting applications in AWS.

• Experience with any of the following:

• Jira

• Gitlab (inc. CI/CD)

• Unix/Linux OS

• Oracle/Postgres

• Cassandra / noSQL

What you can expect from us... Your impact on Radius will be rewarded with the opportunity to develop and progress your career in many directions. You'll also have access to our competitive reward and benefits package, which includes: * Pension * Life assurance * Employee fuel card scheme * Electric Vehicle scheme * Employee assistance programme * Wellness and healthcare assistance via 'Help@Hand' by Unum * 'Cycle to work' scheme * Free breakfast daily in the office And of course, you will be part of a modern purpose-built space in Crewe that will provide you with an outstanding working environment complete with gym, café, games rooms, and more! A bit about us... At Radius, we've been helping businesses grow for over 35 years. From our origins as a fuel card provider in North West England, we've evolved into a global business services provider operating in 19 countries across five continents. Our mission is to help companies of all sizes adapt to change and seize new opportunities., Radius is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage of the process, please let us know, and we will do our best to support you. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.