Talent Acquisition Business Partner @ MHR | Recruiting top techies to build our market-leading HR, payroll and finance products
At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive.
By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.
With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication—all of which we pass on to our customers.
MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allows you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters.
With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.
As a Java Software Engineer, you will provide high quality, innovative and effective software solutions. You will work closely with other Java engineers and guide them to follow best practice and coding standards. You will also ensure that the maintainability of our code base remains at a very high level.
In this role you will work alongside like-minded individuals and other Java Engineers to solve business problems, plan, estimate, write, test and document the code in an Agile way.
Your Team
You’ll be part of a highly skilled scrum team working in an Agile environment, alongside talented developers, product managers, UX designers, and DevOps engineers. We foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, encouraging knowledge sharing and mentoring.
Your Impact
* Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Java-based HR and Payroll applications
* Ensure clean, maintainable, and scalable code, following SOLID principles and best practices.
* Work with SQL databases to build efficient, high-performance data solutions.
* Develop and optimise microservices and RESTful APIs
* Contribute to architectural decisions, shaping the technical direction of our platform.
* Advocate for CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices.
Key Technical Skills:
* Expertise in Java
* Strong experience in SQL databases
* Solid understanding of microservices, REST APIs, and cloud platforms (Azure)
* Experience with Agile methodologies, test-driven development (TDD), and CI/CD pipelines.
* Knowledge of clean code principles, SOLID, and software design patterns.
* Familiarity with containerization tools (Docker) is a plus.
* Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, team-oriented mindset.
Benefits to support you personally and professionally
Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:
* Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
* 24/7 access to a GP through SmartHealth for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
* Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
* Enhanced Family leave
* My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
* Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
* Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
* Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
* On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
* Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage
We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
* Industries
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