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# Java Software Engineer

- **Company:** Opus Recruitment Solutions
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Apache Maven, Reverse Engineering, Software Engineering, Scripting, ReactJS, Spring-boot
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815153809-java-software-engineer

## About the Role

* Comfortable with some hands-on testing; automotive experience or mechanical understanding is a bonus but not needed.
 * Full-stack capability (Java, scripting, some React).
 * Experience with Spring Boot / Maven.
 * Quick learner who can take ownership early.
 * Interest in how cars work (mechanically or digitally).
 * Some exposure to testing (unit, integration, hardware-adjacent).

## Description

Overview

I've partnered with an iconic brand with an unmistakably rich heritage. ?

Join a small engineering team modernising the software behind a range of high-performance luxury British sports cars. You'll rebuild legacy internal tools into modern Java-based systems, reverse-engineer existing code, and test your work directly on brand new sports cars!

What You'll Do

 * Rebuild and modernise internal systems using Java, Java-based scripting, Spring Boot, Maven, and some React.
 * Reverse engineer existing tools to understand current behaviour and re-implement them more cleanly.
 * Develop software that interacts with real vehicle systems across current models.
 * Take part in hands-on vehicle testing to validate functionality.

Who You Are, Senior role

 * Comfortable with some hands-on testing; automotive experience or mechanical understanding is a bonus but not needed.
 * Full-stack capability (Java, scripting, some React).
 * Experience with Spring Boot / Maven.
 * Quick learner who can take ownership early.
 * Interest in how cars work (mechanically or digitally).
 * Some exposure to testing (unit, integration, hardware-adjacent).

Why This Team?

You'll ship software that directly affects how real sports cars behave. It's technical, hands-on, fast-moving, and ideal for engineers who want to see their work come to life on the road.

We need people immediately so unfortunately cannot accept people with longer than a months notice. Salary can range between £40k - £70k, flexible work hours, healthcare, sports and fitness programmes, bike schemes, pension, health insurance and quick two-stage process! Please note, this is 3/4 days onsite.

Interested?

Interested in learning more? Or know people who might be interested?

Please get in touch ASAP, via email, Rebeka . mulk @ opusrs.com or drop me a line on here to have a quick chat! ?


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