We’re Civica and we make software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world. From local to state government, to education, to health and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to help provide critical services to over 100 million citizens.
Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work around the globe, supporting the needs of citizens and those that serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point on our journey to realise that aspiration.
Why You'll Love This Opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer at Civica
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining functionality of one of our flagship products. You will work closely with other Engineers across Civica, adhering to industry best practices. Your expertise in building cloud-ready products will be instrumental in driving successful outcomes.
What you will do to be successful in this role
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and maintain critical software systems, primarily focussed on Java.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers.
- Drive technical decisions and own complex system components.
- Collaborate with technical product managers, designers, and other engineers to identify system requirements and develop technical solutions.
- Develop API and UI based interfaces for our products, ensuring high quality standards and compliance with industry regulations.
- Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and improve the overall quality of our engineering output.
- Troubleshoot complex issues using log analysis, profiling tools, and collaborative debugging techniques.
- Understand system architecture principles and ability build accordingly to meet growing traffic demands and improve overall efficiency.
- Implement continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for automated testing, build, and deployment processes.
- Stay up to date with the latest features, libraries, and best practices; apply this knowledge to drive innovation within our engineering team.
Essential skills and behaviours:
- This role would ideally suit someone with 8+ years of experience, but we are open to someone with less, working in a highly disciplined software engineering environment
- Proficiency in writing high-quality, readable, and maintainable code using Java.
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, modular services, and event-driven systems in Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, ).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (we use AWS, but other providers like Azure, Google Cloud Platform are good experience), containerisation tools (e.g. Docker), and orchestration frameworks (e.g. Kubernetes).
- Experience working with relational databases, caching layers, and messaging queues.
- Proven experience of testing principles and practices; applying this knowledge to drive innovation within our Engineering team.
- Experience using and optimizing CICD pipelines.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- A team-first mindset, driving outcomes for all of their peers.
Nice to have:
- Building CI/CD pipelines. Knowledge of deployment, rollout, rollback strategies.
- Knowledge of observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing) and monitoring tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana).
- Understanding of cloud security best practices, including IAM policies and secret management.
Time Off & Work-Life Balance
✔ 25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays – plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days!
✔ Days of Difference – Up to 3 extra days off for volunteering.
Financial Well-being & Security
✔ Pension Contributions – 5% employer match to support your future.
✔ Income Protection – Up to 75% salary cover for long-term illness.
✔ Life Assurance – 4x salary tax-free lump sum.
✔ Critical Illness Cover – £25,000 lump sum (extendable to dependents).
Health & Perks
✔ Private Medical Insurance – Fast access to private healthcare.
✔ Health Cash Plan – Claim back physio, therapies & more.
✔ Dental Insurance – Cover for routine & emergency care.
✔ Affinity Groups – Join employee-led communities.
✔ Bounty Bonus – Refer a friend & get rewarded.
At Civica, we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a variety of perspectives drives innovation and excellence, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our recruitment process is designed to ensure fairness and transparency, so every candidate has an equal chance to contribute to our mission.
If you need any adjustments or accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to support you.
