Senior Software Engineer

Core Capabilities Team

• Owns shared product & application services
• Operates with clear product ownership and roadmaps
• Enables multiple software delivery teams
• Is supported by the Infrastructure function (cloud, runtime, networking)
• Focuses on usability, adoption, reliability, and long-term evolution

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will combine technical depth, product thinking, and systems design to ensure these shared services are robust, scalable, and developer‑friendly.

Product & Ownership

• Design, build and evolve shared application services used across multiple product teams (e.g. auth, audit, API gateway, customer‑facing tooling and developer portal)
• Treat platform capabilities as products with consumers, feedback loops and measurable outcomes
• Contribute to roadmap planning alongside Product and Engineering leadership
• Drive adoption and usability of shared services across squads

Technical Leadership

• Own end-to-end solution design for complex cross‑cutting services
• Make pragmatic architectural decisions balancing scalability, security and maintainability
• Improve performance, reliability and observability across shared services
• Define engineering standards and patterns adopted by other teams
• Lead by example through high‑quality, production‑ready codeli>
• Partner with product squads to understand their needs and integrate shared services effectively
• Work closely with Infrastructure to ensure cloud‑native, scalable deployments
• Provide guidance on API design, authentication patterns, access control and service integration
• Mentor engineers and raise technical capability across the organization
• Drive CI/CD maturity and deployment confidence
• Embed observability (metrics, tracing, logging) as first‑class concerns
• Perform thoughtful code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Continuously improve team practices and technical standards

Qualifications

• Strong Java experience (with ability to work across languages such as TypeScript, Python or PHP where needed)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures
• Experience designing and managing complex APIs
• Strong knowledge of authentication, authorisation and access control patterns
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud‑native deployments
• CI/CD pipeline experience (GitLab, GitHub or similar)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
• Experience with observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Strong testing mindset (TDD, automated testing, contract testing)

Highly Desirable Skills

• Experience with API Gateway technologies (e.g. AWS API Gateway)
• Experience building or operating identity/auth platforms
• Experience building shared developer‑facing services (e.g. portals, internal platforms)
• Experience operating in a product‑led or Product Operating Model environment

If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know. We will work together to best meet your needs.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Buy up to 5 days additional holiday
• Birthday Day off
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Group Company Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discounted Gym membership at over 3000 Gyms
• Optical cover
• Company Sick Pay Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite parking
• Access to a variety of online discounts on major retailers
• Employee assistance program

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