Software Developer
Remote-first (offices in Oxfordshire, UK and Brussels, BE)
JAVA / SPRING / FULL STACK
Location: Remote-first (offices in Oxfordshire, UK and Brussels, BE)
Type: Full-time | Permanent
Reports to: Principal Staff Developer
Salary: competitive
Penman Consulting builds smart SaaS tools for Product Stewards and provides world-class toxicology consultancy. We help companies manage complex compliance and regulatory workflows with ease. Our remote-first development team is expanding to deliver our next-generation platform – and you could be part of it.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@penmanconsulting.com.
- Build robust, scalable Java backend services with Spring MVC
- Work with relational databases – ideally PostgreSQL – using Hibernate
- Contribute to the front end (HTML, CSS, JS, JSP, Responsive)
- Collaborate across the team in a modern agile workflow
- Ship production-ready features with CI/CD pipelines
- Own your work from concept to deployment
- 3+ years’ hands-on Java development experience (Spring preferred)
- Comfortable with writing your own automation tests
- A thoughtful problem solver that can work independently
- Clean code
- Front-end skills (React/Vue) are a bonus but not required
- Cloud experience (AWS) is a bonus
- Fully remote or hybrid work – your choice
- 25+ days holiday, pension, and private healthcare
- Electric car scheme
- 20% time to explore new ideas and tech
- A collaborative, low-ego team that values impact over buzzwords
- Initial screen – we’ll get to know you and answer your questions
- Coding challenge – assess problem-solving and code quality (reasonable timebox)
- Final interview – meet the team, discuss your approach, values, and fit
What to Expect…
Week 1:
- Meet the team and get set up with our tools, codebase, and development practices
- Intro sessions with the Principal Staff Developer and CTPO
- Induction to the world of Toxicology
- Shadow a peer and begin exploring low-risk tickets
Month 1:
- Take ownership of small but meaningful features or bug fixes
- Participate in planning and retrospectives
- Engage in peer reviews and pair programming as needed
By 6 Months:
- Contribute to core components of the platform
- Influence architecture and technical direction
- Mentor junior team members where appropriate
By 1 Year:
- Be a go-to expert in one or more areas of the system
- Lead or co-lead features and sprints
- Help shape the future of our product and development processes
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@penmanconsulting.com.
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