Who we are
CreateFuture is fast becoming the UK’s most recognisable digital consultancy, with years of experience building digital products and services for major organisations whilst putting our people first. We have offices in the centre of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and London as well as remote employees located throughout the country.
We are a team of creators - whether that’s code, project plans, go to market strategies, culture initiatives, marketing campaigns, large language models or people policies. And together, with our clients, we create the future. This has seen us collaborate and partner across a multitude of industries and sectors, with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, to name just a few.
Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years, and it is our amazing people - along with the safe, supportive and friendly culture we have built - that makes CreateFuture a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it though, we have been recognised by Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row - across a number of categories - and our employee exit rate is astonishingly low.
Join us on our journey… Let’s create something awesome, together, today.
About the role and team:
You will form part of a cross-functional agile team, working closely with QA, Product and Design to deliver high-quality work for clients across a number of industries.
We strive to create the best product possible with everyone's effort, and you'll be an integral part of that mission. Your role in the team is highly valued, and you'll be a key player in ensuring the success of our projects.
We define our Lead role as someone who is able to confidently champion technical improvements, sets the bar high for best engineering practices and takes responsibility for the overall success of the project for the client and CreateFuture.
Our Tech:
Our backend team focuses on the following tech stack:
- Java
- RESTful Java APIs
- Unit testing
- CI/CD
- AWS
What you'll be doing:
Some of your responsibilities as a Lead Software Engineer (Java) will include:
- Developing RESTful Java APIs, including interaction with databases with a focus on readable, maintainable and well-tested code
- Integrating with third-party APIs such as payment gateways
- Being an advocate for engineering best practice within your project team
- Help to grow our engineering function by participating in initiatives designed to increase our technical capabilities
- Collaborating with the full project team (including BAs, QAs and members of the client team) to provide the best solutions to our clients
- Identifying bottlenecks in the software delivery process and removing any roadblocks that arise
- Professional handling of difficult client communications for specific issues
We'd love to talk to you if:
- You have strong knowledge of API development using Java, including ORM storage
- You actively facilitate and encourage knowledge sharing within the team and wider department
- You advocate for best engineering practices such as code reviews, paired programming, and automated tests
- You are familiar with cloud services and CI/CD (this is a bonus)
What we'll offer you:
At CreateFuture, we challenge ourselves to go beyond the obvious and we care deeply about our craft and customers. With us, you’ll have ambitious projects to sink your teeth into and plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. You’ll be part of our safe, supportive and friendly culture - that looks after you - and join our team of genuinely great people.
Our benefits include:
- Total 35 days holiday (we have flexible bank holidays)
- Comprehensive private medical insurance
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
- 1-1 professional financial coaching
- Pension - matched up to 5%
View our complete list of benefits here.
We’re looking for people within a commuting distance of our hub locations (Edinburgh/Leeds/Manchester) and who are flexible to travel to client sites and CreateFuture regional offices. We are very flexible and trust you to manage your own schedule to balance face-to-face time with clients, colleagues and working from home.
We create and reinforce a culture that rewards employees’ impact, not just activity. We trust our employees to work autonomously and promote ownership across all levels.
Next steps
Our Talent Acquisition team aim to respond to all applications within a reasonable timeframe, regardless of if we are progressing with your application.
Our interview process:
- 30-minute recruiter call
- 1-hour technical assessment
- Take home test or pair programming session (30/60 minute) + values interview
You can choose a short take-home task or a live pairing exercise for the final interview, whichever suits you best. Our interview process is designed as an opportunity both for our interviewers to learn about your expertise, interests and motivations and for you to gain insights into CreateFuture, the role and the team, so throughout the process, you’ll meet a few people from our backend team as well as others from our wider teams to help you get a well-rounded view of the role and life at CreateFuture.
We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills, and points of view help us build the best workplace possible, and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products.
We are committed to our goal of creating the most inclusive workplace possible. As we strive to build an environment where everyone can thrive and be themselves, we will continue to investigate and challenge biases, while working to identify and remove obstacles to inclusion. If you need additional support or accommodation during the application process, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
