Software Engineer/Platform SRE

Role Title: Software Engineer/Platform SRE
Location: Sheffield (3 Days per Week Onsite)
Duration: 25/12/2026
Rate: £435p/d via Umbrella

Role Description:

The position focuses on building, operating, and sustaining resilient platform services that support large-scale engineering teams. While this is not a full-stack developer role, strong hands-on coding capability is essential. The role requires deep practical coding skills rather than theoretical knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate reliable, resilient platform services.
• Contribute actively to hands-on coding on a daily basis.
• Support and improve platform reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Apply SRE principles to ensure availability, resilience, and efficient recovery.
• Participate in and support incident management, including diagnosis and restoration.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on developer tooling and platform adoption.

Required Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on coding experience, used daily.
Proficiency in at least one high-level language such as Python, Java, Node.js, or similar.
Solid understanding of microservices architecture and how distributed systems operate.

Strong knowledge of:

• HTTP/REST
• Load balancing concepts
• Service-to-service communication

Key Characteristics

• Engineer-first mindset with strong problem'solving skills.
• Comfortable operating in production environments.
• Practical, hands-on, and delivery-focused.
• Able to think holistically about systems, not just individual components.