Associate Back End Engineer

Location: Remote in the UK, with optional access to the Edinburgh office Type: Permanent, full time

About Br-dge

Br-dge is a payment orchestration company helping enterprise businesses build better payment experiences. Its platform gives merchants more control, flexibility, and visibility across their payment stack.

Founded in Edinburgh in 2018, Br-dge works with well known brands across sectors such as retail, travel, gaming, and gambling, and partners with major names including Visa and Worldpay. The business is growing, the platform is evolving, and the engineering team is continuing to mature as it scales.

About the role

We are hiring an Associate Back End Engineer to join one of our product engineering squads.

The team currently consists of 6 engineers, plus a Product Owner and Engineering Manager. The team is already quite senior, with strong senior engineers and lead level support in place, so this role is aimed at someone earlier in their career who wants to grow in a strong engineering environment.

You will contribute to Scrum based development work and support the team across a mix of engineering improvement, product delivery, and ongoing platform work. Right now, the team is focused mainly on engineering improvement initiatives, with around one third of sprint work tied to product features.

This role is best suited to someone who enjoys being hands on, wants to keep improving, and is comfortable working on clearly scoped tickets while developing the confidence to ask good questions, seek clarity, and contribute more over time.

What you will be doing

You will support the team by delivering well defined tasks within the context of a sprint. Over time, you will build confidence and understanding of how your work connects to team goals and the wider platform.

Your work will include:

• Building and improving back end services in Java
• Working on well defined sprint tickets across feature work, bugs, tech debt, engineering improvements, and integrations
• Writing clean, tested, maintainable code
• Contributing to unit tests, code reviews, and documentation
• Asking clarifying questions when requirements are unclear
• Sharing progress, blockers, and updates clearly with the team
• Taking part in Scrum ceremonies, retrospectives, and day to day team collaboration
• Learning how to balance speed, quality, and impact in delivery

You will work most closely with the other engineers in the Scrum team, with support from the Engineering Manager and more experienced engineers around you.

Tech stack

Our teams mainly work with:

• Java
• Spring Boot
• REST APIs
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• RabbitMQ
• Couchbase
• PostgreSQL
• Gradle
• GitHub

You do not need to have used every tool in the stack. We are open on some tooling background if the Java fundamentals are there and the willingness to learn is clear.

What we are looking for

Must have

• Commercial Java development experience
• Good understanding of back end development fundamentals
• Ability to work from well defined tickets in a Scrum environment
• Solid communication skills, both written and verbal
• A proactive attitude to asking questions, raising blockers, and moving work forward
• Care for code quality, testing, and documentation

Nice to have

• Experience with Spring Boot
• Experience building or supporting REST APIs
• Exposure to cloud environments such as AWS
• Exposure to messaging tools such as RabbitMQ
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, Couchbase, SQL Server, or Oracle
• Familiarity with containerisation, CI/CD, or DevOps tooling

The kind of person who will do well here

We are looking for someone who:

• Takes a structured approach to work
• Is curious and asks clarifying questions
• Communicates clearly and with empathy
• Shares progress and blockers even when unsure
• Understands that quality and pace both matter
• Is comfortable learning from stronger engineers around them
• Shows initiative rather than waiting to be told everything

What we offer

• Remote first working
• Optional office access in central Edinburgh
• 33 days holiday including public holidays
• Birthday off
• Flexible working
• Family healthcare
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Investment in learning and development
• Regular team events and socials
• A strong environment for growth and progression