Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

Company: Softwire
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Location: London
Job Description:

Senior Software Engineer – Outside IR35 – Contract (Insurance)

About the role

  • Self-starter, someone who can pick up context quickly, drive outcomes efficiently, and to a high quality
  • Competent in doing high-level designs, solution management, and scoping
  • Understanding of data modelling best practices
  • Ability to translate technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders and bring them on the journey
  • Experience working in an agile delivery environment
  • Experience working with React, TypeScript, Azure, Microsoft SQL, and Databricks (if they don’t have all of these, that’s workable, but be good to understand any they don’t have experience with)

Frontend

  • React + TypeScript + Vite
  • Material UI with Emotion for styling
  • TanStack React Query 5 for server state
  • React Router 7
  • MSAL for Entra ID auth
  • Jest+Testing Library for unit tests; Playwrightfor E2E and visual tests
  • Hosted as an Azure Static Web App
  • Azure Functions apps with Azure Service Bus, Azure Storage, Azure communication email, and Azure identity
  • Common backend tooling: Jest (unit + integration), Testcontainers (Azurite + MSSQL), ESLint/Prettier, Yup

Database

  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Prisma

Data/Infrastructure

  • Azure Databricks notebooks with deployment scripts
  • Terraform / OpenTofu( hub-and-spoke infrastructure)

End date: 18/11/2026

About Softwire

Softwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy. From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering advanced CX and experience design.

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Posted: June 20th, 2026