Senior Software Engineer

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 allow 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.

Your Impact

You’ll build and enhance enterprise-scale SaaS applications powered by Java (Jakarta EE/J2EE), while creating modern user experiences with Angular and TypeScript. You’ll help define engineering standards, improve platform scalability and support the delivery of AI-driven capabilities that enhance customer outcomes.

AI will be a key part of your role. You’ll leverage tools such as GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development technologies to accelerate delivery, improve code quality and explore new ways to embed AI into both our products and software engineering lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

Design, develop and maintain enterprise applications using Java (Jakarta EE/J2EE)

Build modern web applications using TypeScript and Angular

Design and implement scalable APIs and application integrations

Contribute to technical architecture and engineering standards

Mentor engineers through code reviews and technical coaching

Collaborate with Product, UX and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions

Champion AI-assisted development and contribute to AI-enabled product innovation

What we're looking for

Strong commercial experience with Java and Jakarta EE/J2EE

Experience with Angular and TypeScript, or strong experience with modern front-end frameworks

Experience designing and building enterprise-scale applications and APIs

Strong understanding of software architecture, engineering best practices and Agile delivery

Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction

Hands‑on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similar

Passion for exploring how AI can improve software engineering, productivity and customer outcomes

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 Help at Hand 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.

At MHR, we’re completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported.

If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive.

If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.