Backend Software Engineer - Cloud Security (Hybrid Belfast)

Ocho; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Belfast office base

Career growth opportunities

Challenging cloud security problems

Job summary

Ocho is seeking a backend engineer to help build and scale cloud security solutions from Belfast. The company is in growth mode, with a recent £250m investment and a valuation of over $3bn, and has an established Belfast engineering hub with 30+ engineers.

You will own the full development lifecycle, make architectural decisions for high-scale security platforms, and collaborate with Frontend, DevOps, and Security teams to deliver reliable backend systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years backend development experience in a high-performing language.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Exposure to data-intensive systems (databases, messaging, event-driven systems).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices.
• Experience working within microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own the full development lifecycle – from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Make technical and architectural decisions for high-scale cloud security platforms.
• Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems.
• Conduct design and code reviews to maintain engineering standards.
• Collaborate closely with Frontend, DevOps, and Security teams.

Skills

Backend development

Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP

CI/CD pipelines

Microservices

Data-intensive systems

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Elasticsearch

Redis

RabbitMQ

TimescaleDB

Job description

Ocho is seeking a backend engineer to help build and scale cloud security solutions from Belfast. The company is in growth mode, with a recent £250m investment and a valuation of over $3bn, and has an established Belfast engineering hub with 30+ engineers.

You will own the full development lifecycle, make architectural decisions for high-scale security platforms, and collaborate with Frontend, DevOps, and Security teams to deliver reliable backend systems.