Software Developer

Remote-first (offices in Oxfordshire, UK and Brussels, BE)

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.

• 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

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 have any queries, please contact us.