Software Engineer

We’re looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow.

Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them.

What does Access offer you? 

We offer a blended approach to office working, encouraging you to collaborate and connect in one of our thriving offices. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We’ll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career. 

Technology 

We’ve successfully migrated our core products into Kubernetes in Azure and are in the process of refactoring a monolithic app into an Event-Driven, Microservice architecture 

We’re still on this journey, but our current approach uses: SPAs with Typescript and React on the frontend, Java and Spring Boot APIs on the backend, and Azure PaaS. 

Tech stack:

• Java 25+ (we’re updating regularly)
• Spring Boot 4
• JPA + Azure SQL (knowledge of any SQL database is fine)
• Redis
• Azure cloud services, Azure Service Bus, Application Insights
• Kubernetes
• React + Typescript, Shadcn (nice-to-have frontend skills)

General knowledge:

• Distributed systems
• Messaging systems architecture

The Role 

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join the team behind our distribution platform which connects hoteliers’ availability and pricing to OTAs and online booking channels. You’ll build new features, keep a high-throughput system stable and performant, and help refactor and migrate it, all while maintaining strong security and performance standards.

About you: 

• You’re unwaveringly customer-focused - thinking about our customers first to go the extra mile and ensure our customers, guests, and users alike will be best served. 

• You value software quality - you’ll be an experienced developer able to build and deliver high-quality software, skilled in Unit Testing, applying TDD and BDD. 

• You value code quality – you’ll be a passionate proponent of quality code, with production experience applying SOLID principles and software craftsmanship. 

• You’re comfortable working autonomously - once given a project, you can take it from inception through to successful completion, seeking input and feedback along the way. 

• You’re prepared to drive change – you use learning techniques, soft skills, and lead by example to inject new ways of thinking wherever needed. 

• You have experience with scalable microservices architecture and understand how to refactor legacy monolithic systems for better extensibility and maintainability. 

What are we all about? 

The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered business management software providers. It provides solutions that empower more than 160,000 small and mid-sized organisations in commercial and non-profit sectors across Europe, USA and APAC, giving every employee the freedom to do more of what's important. Its innovative cloud solutions and integrated AI software experience across multiple Access products transform how business technology is used.

With over 9,300 talented individuals driving innovation and customer excellence, we’re shaping the future of work. And we want you to be part of it. At Access, people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to creating an inclusive, high-performing culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. If you’re excited about this role - even if your experience doesn’t tick every box - you might be exactly who we’re looking for.

We believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity. So why not join our vibrant team, where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you?

Let’s make a difference together.

Love Work. Love Life. Be You.