Senior Software Engineer
London – Hybrid
We’re working with a growing, international technology business at a pivotal stage of its scale-up journey. With a high-performing team of around 40 people and ambitious growth plans, the company is now seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the evolution of its systems and support the next phase of scale.
Reporting into the VP of Engineering, this role is focused on building reliable, scalable software and supporting the systems that underpin the company’s platform. While not a people management position, it carries significant influence across engineering and plays a central role in technical direction, delivery, and engineering standards.
What you’ll be doing
Technical leadership & system reliability
- Owning the design, reliability, and scalability of production systems
- Helping reshape and scale systems to handle significantly increased volume
- Driving best practices in infrastructure, CI/CD, and operational resilience
- Ensuring systems and services support continued growth and product development
Technical direction & architecture
- Contributing to architectural decisions that will define how systems scale
- Guiding engineering practices and design approaches across the stack
- Helping the team make pragmatic trade-offs between speed, quality, and maintainability
- Embedding best practice in system design and software engineering
Delivery & engineering excellence
- Contributing hands-on through coding, code review, and shipping to production regularly
- Owning problems end-to-end, from design through to deployment and ongoing operation
- Working across the stack, with a particular focus on infrastructure
- Supporting system scalability, performance, and reliability as usage grows
Collaboration & influence
- Working closely with other engineers to design, build, and scale systems
- Contributing to technical discussions, pairing, and shared ownership of systems
- Supporting a culture of clear communication, ownership, and continuous improvement
What we’re looking for
- Strong experience building and operating software in production, particularly in AWS
- Solid understanding of infrastructure, CI/CD, and operating reliable systems
- Experience working across the stack, including backend and frontend systems
- Experience designing and scaling systems to handle increased load
- Ability to take ownership and drive work through to completion
- Pragmatic decision-making and clear communication
- Genuine interest in how systems work and how they scale
What you’ll get
- A senior technical role in a business entering its next growth phase
- Real influence over system architecture, engineering practices, and technical direction
- The opportunity to work on systems that are critical to customers and business growth