Senior Software Engineer

Role Title: Senior Software Engineer
Possibility of remote work: Hybrid, 2-3 days per week from one of the offices
Contract duration: 6months + (can be extended based on performance)
Location: Edinburgh or Sheffield

Required Core Skills:

Devops, AWS/GCP Cloud, REST API
Proficient in Python and GoLang

Good to have skills:
Experience working in financial services or other regulated environments.
AWS/GCP certifications (eg, AWS Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Engineer).
Good understanding of cryptography

Relevant Experience on Mandatory Skills:
Proficient in Python and GoLang

Demonstrable experience of:
o Public Cloud.
o Infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including Compute, Storage, Networking.
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 (eg, ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
o Automation Scripting (using Scripting languages such as Terraform, Ansible etc.).
Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing tools.
Experience working within an Agile environment.
Programming experience in following languages: Python, Java, GoLang.
Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools.
Good non-functional testing 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 and GoLang.
Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control.
Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP, including cloud-native services, networking, IAM, and cost optimization.
Experience with other cloud providers is desirable.
Proven experience with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (eg, Terraform), CI/CD tools (eg, 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.