{"id":745908,"url":"https://alion.io/job/solirius-java-engineer","title":"Java Engineer","company":{"id":686302,"name":"Solirius","domain":"solirius.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/solirius","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":88,"open_postings":28,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.464,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["London, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":71000,"max_usd":173000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":383},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Embeddings","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"AI Agents","optional":true},{"name":"Anthropic","optional":true},{"name":"AWS","optional":true},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":true},{"name":"Docker","optional":true},{"name":"GCP","optional":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":true},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":true},{"name":"MySQL","optional":true},{"name":"OpenAI","optional":true},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":true},{"name":"Prompt Engineering","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"RAG","optional":true},{"name":"Rest API","optional":true},{"name":"Spring Boot","optional":true},{"name":"Spring Framework","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-03-12T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-03-12","last_verified_at":"2026-10-16T01:26:47Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":218,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":217},"description":"About Us:\nSolirius Reply, part of theReply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery.\nWe work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs. By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.\nOur consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.\nPast and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI.\nWe operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact.\nAbout You:\nYou are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you’re comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective outcomes.\nThe Role:\nWe are seeking an experienced Java Engineer to join our engineering team and play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java-based enterprise systems, cloud-native development, and modern software engineering practices. Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and AI-enabled applications is highly desirable.\nRequirements\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign, develop, test, and maintain enterprise-grade Java applications.\nAssist with technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.\nDevelop scalable microservices and RESTful APIs.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, DevOps, and Business stakeholders.\nReview code, mentor engineers, and promote engineering best practices.\nOptimise application performance, reliability, and security.\nParticipate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.\nTroubleshoot production issues and implement sustainable solutions.\nContribute to CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment strategies.\nEvaluate and adopt emerging technologies that improve product capabilities and development efficiency.\nKey Skills/Experience:\nYou need to be technically sound but also be able to convey your knowledge and expertise to clients internally and externally. In terms of specific languages you should have commercial experience in some or all of the following;\nStrong proficiency in Java (Java 12+ preferred).\nExperience with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and microservices architecture.\nStrong understanding of REST APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.\nExperience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.\nExperience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.\nFamiliarity with containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.\nExperience with CI/CD tools and automated testing frameworks.\nStrong knowledge of software design patterns, data structures, and system design principles.\nDesirable Skills\nExperience building or integrating AI-powered applications and services.\nFamiliarity with Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, or machine learning workflows.\nExperience integrating AI APIs and platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure AI, or similar technologies.\nKnowledge of vector databases, embeddings, prompt engineering, and AI application architecture.\nExperience with Python for AI/ML-related development.\nExposure to MLOps practices and AI model deployment pipelines.\nContributions to open-source projects or technical communities.\nBenefits\nCompetitive Salary\nBonus Scheme\nPrivate Healthcare Insurance\n25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays\nUp to 10 days allocated for development training per year\nEnhanced Parental Leave\nPaid Fertility Leave (5 Days)\nContributory Pension\nEAP with Help@Hand\nGym Membership Benefits\nFlexible Benefits Allowance\nCycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes\nFlexible Working\nAnnual Away Days/Company Socials\nDiversity and Inclusion\nAs an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals, where all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs.\nEncouraging high social mobility is really important to us. We foster an inclusive culture by welcoming different perspectives, enabling equitable opportunities and promoting open dialogue. This commitment is reflected in initiatives such as our gender diversity group and our focus on mental health and wellbeing. Whatever stage you are at, you will find an environment where you can thrive.\nShould you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.\nAs a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive, enabling all candidates to demonstrate their skills, experience and potential.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6046,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Flexible schedule","Gym membership","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","Management Consulting"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T14:11:32Z"},{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T18:08:48Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.213,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":217,"expected_fill_days":33,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/solirius-java-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/solirius-java-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-16T04:19:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1117,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":686302},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=686302"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsolirius-java-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsolirius-java-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsolirius-java-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/solirius-java-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsolirius-java-engineer"}]}