Principal Backend Engineer - Hybrid (Java/Spring)
Summary
A senior backend engineer role on Rightmove's consumer product domain, working across multiple teams to shape architecture, raise technical execution, and support long-term platform health. Core stack is Java and Spring Boot, in a hybrid setup based in London.
Rightmove's consumer product-domain builds what most people picture when they think of Rightmove. This is a senior, cross-domain role designed to drive impact across multiple teams, deepen architectural thinking, and raise the bar on technical execution, product delivery, and long-term platform health.
Your technical grounding is in Java and Spring Boot, and you connect technical decisions to user and business outcomes while collaborating with engineering managers, product leads, and domain