We are recruiting for a Senior Java Engineer
On-site: 2 dpw in Leeds/Bradford
Key skills: strong experience in Java and comfortable with TDD (test-driven development).
Who We Are:
We’re on a mission to close the world’s tech skills gap.
We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster.
Since 2014, we’ve worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology.
That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers.
Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world.
About you:
- You care deeply about producing high-quality work that delivers real value
- You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems collaboratively
- You bring strong expertise in your craft, alongside a willingness to keep learning
- You communicate clearly and build trust quickly with clients and teammates
- You’re pragmatic, adaptable and outcome-focused
- You enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others grow
- You value low-ego collaboration and enjoy working as part of multidisciplinary teams
What you’ll bring to the table:
- Proven development experience of working as a Lead Engineer in a commercial development team with an expert understanding of Java and Javascript and wider experience in different tools and frameworks across the stack.
- Commercial experience working with agile methodologies.
- The ability to take clients wider business concerns into account when making technical decisions and dealing with the challenges from stakeholders that come with this.
- Experience of implementing architecture, DevOps, performance or security and an understanding and ownership of best practice as a Lead Engineer (eg. TDD, SOLID, XP)
- Comfortable mentoring junior engineers and supporting Squad Leads, with the attributes to provide technical guidance as the most senior engineer on a project and ensuring the development team is achieving project goals and maintaining quality standards.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD practices and deployments.
- Experience of writing effective documentation and knowledge sharing.
Why join AND Digital?
We’re building a culture where talented people can do meaningful work, continue growing, AND enjoy the journey along the way.
Our model is designed to build belonging and connection: we’re organised into regional ‘Clubs’ of no more than 80 people, so you (and our clients) get the benefits of that small company feel while also being connected to a larger whole.
Our Practice Areas act as a ‘second home’ for our ANDis - a place where you can innovate and learn with like-minded experts who care deeply about their craft, support each other generously, and believe the best ideas come from collaboration, not hierarchy.
Our culture is rooted in our values of Wonder, Share and Delight, and shows up through five traits that we celebrate and nurture in all our ANDis: we value curiosity, ambition and a growth-mindset. We are deeply client-centric. Most important of all we are human - we create an inclusive environment where people feel trusted, supported and able to be themselves.
By joining AND, we’ll provide:
- 25 days bookable holiday + flexible Bank Holidays
- Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Digital with a further 2% paid by you (can be increased by choice).
- Aviva healthcare cover (including pre-existing condition cover) for you.
- Flexibenefit: £1000 assigned to you via our benefits portal to select or upgrade the benefits that suit you the most. Any unused allowance from the £1000 can be taken as cash.
- Life Assurance.
- Income Protection.
- Eye test + first pair of glasses.
- Parental Benefits: Generous Enhanced Maternity and Enhanced Partner (Paternity) Leave.
Equal Opportunities Statement:
Diversity and inclusion are hugely important to us, and we’re committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We’re actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.
We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you need any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team.
Skills Required
- Strong experience in Java or Kotlin
- 5+ years of programming experience
- 3+ years of experience in test driven development
- Experience in a cross-functional agile development team
What We Do
AND Digital is on a mission to close the world’s digital skills gap. We do that by doing things differently when we work with our clients, communities and colleagues. Instead of working FOR exciting brands (like British Airways, Heineken and Nike), we work WITH them, and that's not just a party line. We combine our people with our clients' people to form a single project team, so collaborative you can't tell our ANDis from our clients. By working together, we help our partners understand and map out the challenges they're trying to solve. Then, by building their digital products as one team, we teach them the same digital skills we have. That means when we leave, they can own their apps, websites and future projects independently. Pretty cool huh? We have cross-functional teams working across the UK, Netherlands and East Coast US - and growing by demand. Our unique, city-based Club model means we can offer the agility and personalised service of a small local company, with the security and clout of a global organisation
