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# Software Engineer - Java

- **Company:** WorldPay
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Big Data, Cloud Computing, Code Coverage, Databases, Software Design Patterns, Linux, Operational Databases, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Scaled Agile Framework, Software Systems, PL-SQL, SQL Databases, Computer Network Technologies, Software Version Control
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=053dccf7ef329076

## About the Role

* Experience delivering software in an industry where quality is critical.
 * Proven ability to solve complex business problems with software solutions.
 * Strong Java knowledge and expertise interacting with large databases.
 * Database systems experience, ideally with SQL-based Oracle or similar platforms.
 * Familiarity working with large code bases and version control systems.
 * Experience using Linux as both a development and production environment.

It's a bonus if you have

 * Knowledge of the financial services industry.
 * Familiarity with agile frameworks and methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and their advantages and pitfalls.
 * Experience with AWS cloud technologies and design patterns.
 * Understanding of enterprise compute, storage, and networking technologies.

## Description

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We're looking for a Software Engineer - Java to join our ever evolving Cambridge Tech team and help shape the future of global commerce.

What you'll own

 * Join a cross-functional team of developers, testers, a product owner, and a scrum master, participating in quarterly planning and design sessions using the SAFe framework.
 * Pick up challenging development tasks from the team plan, leveraging your proven software skills to tackle complex issues, and partner with the principal engineer for guidance.
 * Serve as an authorized gating code reviewer, pairing with other engineers to grow the team's capabilities and ensure quality code delivery.
 * Develop changes in Java, SQL, and PL/SQL for the ecommerce payments gateway operated by Worldpay.
 * Review payment processing business processes, analyze production data, walk through product code, and interpret payments-industry spec documents to scope and specify work.
 * Collaborate with test engineers to scope test coverage and approach, contributing to automated integration and system tests as needed.
 * Design rollout and monitoring strategies for new features to ensure successful deployment, and periodically provide support outside normal office hours for release deployments.


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