Senior Software Engineer

Experis UK • Sheffield, England, GB • 1w ago

Role Title: Senior Software Engineer
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Sheffield (3 Days Onsite)
Rate: £550 Per Day - Umbrella only

Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation?

Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.

Role purpose / summary

Our Client is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer to support development of services hosted on Public Cloud platforms. You will leverage your expertise in Software Development, along with your Cloud Engineering experience across AWS/GCP, to design and implement resilient frontend client, backend services and cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to work on high-impact systems within a secure, high-availability environment at one of the world's leading financial institutions.
Key Accountabilities
Responsibilities will include:
* Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant backend REST API services along with frontend client using Python, Golang, Docker and Cloud-Native services.
* Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards.
* Collaborate closely with Architecture and DevOps teams to enhance, maintain and mature Product capabilities/features.
* Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.
Qualifications and experience
The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications:
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
* Comes from Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience.
* 5+ years of development experience with a strong focus on large-scale, distributed systems.
* Proficient in Python, Golang and PostgreSQL.
* Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control.
* Hands-on experience with AWS/GCP, including cloud-native services, storage, IAM, and KMS.
* Familiarity with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) and containerization.
* Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems.
* Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking.
* Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences.
* A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, using appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success.

Essential Skills

* Demonstrable experience of:
o Public Cloud.
o Linux.
o Relational and NoSQL databases.
o Integration services such as messaging and streams.
o Building RESTful API Services.
o Containerisation, Kubernetes, serverless functions.
o Microservices, and distributed tracing.
o Enterprise logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (e.g., ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
* Experience working within an Agile environment.
* Programming experience in following languages: Golang & Python.
* Good understanding of cryptography (authentication, data encryption).
* Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools.
* Good non-functional testing experience.
Desirable Skills
* Experience working in financial services or other regulated environments.
* Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing tools.
* Automation scripting (using scripting languages such as Terraform, Ansible etc.).?

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

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